Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow he 'd scored the first small , barely discernible victory . |
| 2 | Then he began to shift the first screen and leaned it against an adjoining stretch of wall . |
| 3 | Tsu Ma knelt down and held his shoulders , nodding , remembering how he had felt the first time he had seen the ritual , not then knowing what was happening , nor why . |
| 4 | The King had ridden everywhere that autumn , but he had spent longest with Thor and Dunegal and Leofwine in Cumbria , where he had gleaned the first tidings of Duke William 's victory against his rebel kinsmen . |
| 5 | There was little chance of his being hit , but he slipped deliberately , pitching forward , striking the ground with his shoulder and rolling fast for the ravine where he 'd hidden the first gun . |