Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] the first [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 | Three days later he became the first President in American history to resign his office . |
| 5 | Today he became the first person to be charged under a new law introduced this month of causing death by dangerous driving . |
| 6 | A month ago he chaired the first meeting of the ‘ great and the good ’ who make up the Cairngorms Working Party . |
| 7 | Then he reached the first green of the tournament proper — rather than the first green of the practice rounds . |
| 8 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |