Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [pron] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at B and D in 1932 that he directed his first film , the Mayor 's Nest starring Sydney Howard . |
| 2 | Bertrand Russell complained that he spent his first year at Cambridge looking in vain for the cleverest young men in the world who , he had been assured , were there . |
| 3 | ‘ Fired — dismissed , ’ she offered a couple of alternatives — only to find that he found her first offering of more interest . |
| 4 | He met Paula , described by workmates as popular and outgoing , in 1988 the year that he divorced his first wife . |
| 5 | Celtic farmed him out to Blantyre Celtic to toughen him up and it was in the killing fields of Blantyre that he won his first honour , a Scottish Junior cap . |
| 6 | As Niki said at the time , his Number One position ( an unofficial title , though Prost had made it clear to me , as to others , that he considered his first season at McLaren to be very much a learning process ) was under threat , and that was not a situation Niki appreciated . |
| 7 | He it was who had pressed for the creation of Christ Church parish , and he became its first incumbent ; Benjamin and Elizabeth had the singular distinction of having him officiate at their marriage — poor surroundings , then , but in the presence of a minister of great reputation . |
| 8 | Ruskin 's Fors Clavigera was probably Mackmurdo 's greatest single inspiration , and he modelled his first pamphlet , The Immorality of Lending for Payment of Interest or of any Usurious Gain ( 1878 ) , on Unto this Last ( 1862 ) . |
| 9 | His father was a dealer and he learnt his first lesson at eight years old . |
| 10 | They were 18 feet away in two but then , said Mason , ‘ I forgot it was downhill ’ and he ran his first putt eight feet past the pin . |
| 11 | Given its regional network , 3i seemed a ‘ sensible ’ choice and he spent his first year in Leeds . |
| 12 | His international break-through came against France at Wigan in 1989 and he scored his first Test try in the return at Avig-non . |
| 13 | The meaning of ‘ volley ’ here is : when a ball comes to the player and he hits it first time at the goal before it touches the ground . |
| 14 | Captain David Lloyd-Owen 's LRDG patrol also turned up at the rendezvous and he recalls his first meeting with him . |
| 15 | Stewart was signed up to race Tyrell 's Formula Three Coopers and he won his first race at Snetterton . |
| 16 | And he named his first son George Alex after his personal heroes , Best and Higgins . |
| 17 | The first century was not long delayed , 131 not out in the third Test helping his team to a seven-wicket win , and he ended his first Test series with an average of 147 . |
| 18 | It was then that I conceived the idea of getting a few fans that he had in those days to walk around the television company with placards saying Lets Be Fair To The Long Hairs , which did get press publicity , and in the end , the producer relented and he did his first TV show . ’ |
| 19 | Lewis can become a multi-millionaire over the next four years if he becomes our first world heavyweight champion for nearly a century — and defends successfully . |
| 20 | Immovable and unyielding , England openside flanker PETER WINTERBOTTOM has been an almost permanent feature of England sides since he won his first cap a decade ago . |
| 21 | Winterbottom 's game has always been based on his uncompromising attitude on the field ever since he won his first cap against the Wallabies in 1982 . |
| 22 | Even less , after he broke his first bone . |
| 23 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |
| 24 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton last night pledged to maintain the special relationship between Britain and the United States before he began his first meeting with John Major . |
| 25 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 26 | He was a protégé of Sir William Chambers , who saw to it that he worked in every artistic department , including that of interior decoration , before he designed his first house at the age of eighteen . |
| 27 | Sole , of course , came to the attention of leading English players some time before he won his first cap against France ( an 18-17 win ) at Murrayfield in January 1986 . |
| 28 | We were very grateful to Tim Rodber for turning out for us against Harlequins the week before he won his first cap . |
| 29 | He played 138 consecutive League matches in the top flight before he missed his first game , through sickness , at Wolverhampton on 14 October 1972 . |
| 30 | Friends claim he underwent a drastic change when he served his first prison sentence for burglary . |