Example sentences of "he first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking over Dostoevsky 's shoulder , we find him first writing ‘ small yellow glass ’ , then deleting ‘ small ’ ; and writing ‘ water ’ then adding ‘ yellow warm ’ to the water , then deleting ‘ warm ’ — the final text uniting an apocalyptic starkness of yellow meets yellow with the topicality of Petersburg 's notoriously filthy water supply , a subject of much comment and complaint in the newspapers . |
| 2 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 3 | Peter Hardcastle of Ridgehill , Dartmouth , was taken to hospital after passing motorists gave him first aid . |
| 4 | On March 20th President Chaim Herzog gave him first shot at forming a new government to replace the fallen Likud-Labour coalition . |
| 5 | Some have discussed which side is the reality and which side is the image — a new expression of the who did what to him first mentality . |
| 6 | Clarissa kindly offered him first bath — if he promised not to go looking for pretty Mosleyites , but Charles smiled and shook his head . |
| 7 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 8 | You go along to see him first thing tomorrow . ’ |
| 9 | Niall took a look at him first thing , when he did a ward round . |
| 10 | Oh I 'll ring him first thing Monday morning then . |
| 11 | This was he first sign of weakness . |
| 12 | They had negotiated the roundabout for Lutterworth and the A427 to Coventry and were proceeding north on the A5 when Mr Woodward 's attention was suddenly drawn to what he first thought were three buses stood nose to tail . |
| 13 | Molby , 29 , suffered the damage on the opening day of pre-season training last month but the injury has proved more serious than he first thought . |
| 14 | Michael 's step-father said he first thought there had been an earthquake . |
| 15 | it does n't , but when he first sort of put it up , I thought oh crumbs look at that |
| 16 | He first taste of competition in the Gulf was against expat teams in Dubai . |
| 17 | Was he first Nguyen Tat Thanh ? |
| 18 | When he first set foot in Adam 's Creek he used to think they were snakes or lizards , some kind of reptile anyway . |
| 19 | Here 's the flight of steps and the balustrade where he first set eyes on Rose . |
| 20 | One afternoon a week he received tuition from Minton whom he first saw seated on a windowsill , hugging his legs and looking as young as some of the students he taught . |
| 21 | Mr Stokle says he felt like killing the culprits when he first saw what they 'd done to Mrs Leyshon . |
| 22 | One man who cannever forget is Norman Edwards who was twenty when he first saw action with the Glosters during the worst of the fighting . |
| 23 | He starts out with a full clip of ammo , but watch out ( Beadle 's about ) , it 's limited — make sure you hit 'im first time . |