Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 2 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 3 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 4 | Hertz confirmed Maxwell 's theory when he detected the first radio waves . |
| 5 | Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago . |
| 6 | His time at Newcastle gave him the unique opportunity to take the building society into Europe when it became the first UK society to offer a full range of services on the mainland of Europe on opening a branch in Gibraltar in 1990 . |
| 7 | He was centrally positioned in the six-yard box when he headed the first after 15 minutes ; the second , eight minutes before half-time , he met equally powerfully at the far post . |
| 8 | There was a pause when he ended the First Mystery . |
| 9 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |