Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was while he was travelling to South Africa in 1899 via India that he became the first man ever to take a cine-film of a total eclipse of the sun . |
| 2 | Several clubs from the Football League sought to tempt Harry away from the Palace , but without success , and he became the first Palace player to be awarded a Benefit by our club — it was the Southern League encounter with Coventry City at the Palace on 12 October 1912. 9,000 fans turned up and the Palace won 3–0 . |
| 3 | His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop onto his forehead . |
| 4 | David Rees is Chairman of the Law Committee , and he introduced the first morning session , which dealt with the new rules for Administration Orders in personal insolvency . |
| 5 | Powell , taking a quick penalty , fed skipper Gander on the burst and he broke the first line of defence to surge clear . |
| 6 | The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush . |
| 7 | While he spent the first month of his new appointment easing himself in and still nipping up to Edinburgh to round off one or two NHS tasks from London ( where he kept his home and from which he was commuting during his health job ) , many of the key decisions affecting the telecommunications industry over the next year or so have already been taken , so the learning curve will not have to be so dramatics last time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |
| 12 | When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’ |
| 13 | no , but , I mean our can read and he could read when he left the first class , he did really well |
| 14 | When he reached the first breakwater , Simon turned and waved . |
| 15 | And when he heard the first crash he determined to intervene , in some way that would not dispute the authority of the headmaster 's wife . |
| 16 | PATRICK Rooney was nine years old when he became the first child to die in Ulster 's violent era . |
| 17 | There was a pause when he ended the First Mystery . |
| 18 | Swail 's hopes of getting back in the match virtually disappeared when he lost the first frame of the final session . |
| 19 | Hertz confirmed Maxwell 's theory when he detected the first radio waves . |
| 20 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 21 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | After finishing second in the World Championship in 1983 and 1984 , Alain Prost lose the " nearly man " tag in 1985 as he became the first Frenchman to win the title . |
| 24 | Donald silenced them as he sang the first line , rather solemnly , in a rich baritone : |
| 25 | As he spoke the first name , the half silence became a dense one . |
| 26 | The next night , Captain Edward ( Ted ) Parsons RE and his paddler , Leading Seaman Irvine , prepared to land , Ted Parsons taking a ducking as he tried the first time to board the canoe in a nasty swell . |
| 27 | As he delivered the first ball of his third over on that fateful sunny afternoon , his left knee split apart , fracturing in two . |
| 28 | He might even have been standing up as he tasted the first mouthful . |
| 29 | CARL LLEWELLYN ( Party Politics ) : ‘ As soon as he jumped the first fence I gained in confidence . |
| 30 | 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 ! ’ . |