Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pers pn] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries .
2 If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode .
3 They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call .
4 Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path .
5 Hertz confirmed Maxwell 's theory when he detected the first radio waves .
6 Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago .
7 The hero was being filmed taking his 10-month-old baby to the pool when he gets the first indication he is going to be threatened .
8 He was centrally positioned in the six-yard box when he headed the first after 15 minutes ; the second , eight minutes before half-time , he met equally powerfully at the far post .
9 There was a pause when he ended the First Mystery .
10 Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games .
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