Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he witnessed the first assault . |
| 2 | So he had the first name of somebody famous . |
| 3 | Indeed , the captaincy of that side fell to Albert in mid-season after the retirement of Ted Smith and so he became the first Palace skipper to lead our club to a Football League championship . |
| 4 | Whenever there was a movement by the woodpile , the sniper fired , and soon he hit a third man . |
| 5 | Three days later he became the first President in American history to resign his office . |
| 6 | Carefully he scraped every last vestige of ice-cream from his bowl , then stood up . |
| 7 | Today he became the first person to be charged under a new law introduced this month of causing death by dangerous driving . |
| 8 | Today he begins the third week of a hunger strike . |
| 9 | A month ago he chaired the first meeting of the ‘ great and the good ’ who make up the Cairngorms Working Party . |
| 10 | Then he ordered the second charge . |
| 11 | He seemed about to leave — walked to the door , in any case — but when he reached the foot of the bed , he took hold of the brass upright and pulled the bed out into the room ; then he carried a second ladderback chair to the head of the bed and sat down behind Annie . |
| 12 | ‘ They got him to hospital , but then he had a second attack . |
| 13 | Then he reached the first green of the tournament proper — rather than the first green of the practice rounds . |
| 14 | Then he noticed the third cup with some dregs of tea remaining in it ! |
| 15 | Then he grabbed the next branch above his head and pulled himself up again . |
| 16 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |