Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] he [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 2 | There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat . |
| 3 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 4 | CARL LLEWELLYN ( Party Politics ) : ‘ As soon as he jumped the first fence I gained in confidence . |
| 5 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 6 | The Reverend W Awdry has lived and breathed Thomas the Tank engine ever since he wrote the first book about the lovable locomotive in 1945. 25 more books about Thomas and his friends followed Mas well as popular TV series . |
| 7 | The news came on the day another record-breaker , Harry Taylor , 33 , returned home after he became the first Briton to reach the summit from the Nepalese side without the aid of oxygen . |
| 8 | It appeared just as impregnable yesterday as he survived the first two sets without being broken . |
| 9 | He might even have been standing up as he tasted the first mouthful . |