Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MI5 man paused for a moment to stroke his beard again and a hint of emotion , of disgust , entered his voice for the first time . |
| 2 | Baldwin told his Chancellor during the first weekend of October , and then proceeded to consult in ones or twos with other members of the Cabinet , the traditional free traders — Salisbury , Derby , Devonshire and Novar — as well as the natural protectionists — Amery and Hoare . |
| 3 | Their most expensive signing , £2.5million striker Ian Wright , sat on the bench for the opening game with a thigh strain , and turned his ankle in the first minute when coming on . |
| 4 | He concealed his boredom through the first act , but by intermission he was itching to be away to claim his prize . |
| 5 | Ninety-six per cent of the voters followed his lead on the first question and two-thirds on the second . |
| 6 | At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive . |
| 7 | His other books included his Life of the first Marquess of Ripon ( 1921 ) . |
| 8 | Ade pulled his hamstring in the first round . |
| 9 | Eoin Jess broke his ankle in the first meeting of the clubs and the cup draw was followed by a damaging share of the points between Aberdeen and Falkirk at Pittodrie in the Premier Division championship . |
| 10 | One day , in Times Square , Dustin looked up and saw his face for the first time on a billboard . |
| 11 | He took his text from the First Book of Samuel : |
| 12 | After a cautious start , Wharton , at 24 , a year younger than the Australian , took his time in the first three minutes before opening up with a series of punches in the next three rounds . |
| 13 | Although the hero met his death within the first 30 pages of the trilogy , the vast and mysterious intricacies of his ‘ Seldon Plan ’ still amazed the reader after 700 . |
| 14 | Yanto reached the end of the rock bridge where it disappeared into the hard sand The walking was now relatively easy as he made his way towards the first of the salmon traps , or kipes as they were called locally . |
| 15 | He made his way across the first set of tracks and reached the tail-end of a dozen coal-laden wagons . |
| 16 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 17 | Abul Ahsan ( a member of the Bangladesh foreign service ) completed his tenure as the first Secretary-General of SAARC at the end of October 1989 ; his successor , K. K. Bhargava ( India ) , took up the post at the Secretariat in Kathmandu , the capital of Nepal . |
| 18 | He pushed open the door and , as he put his foot on the first step , experienced a revelation comparable to that undergone by Newton in the orchard or Archimedes in his bath . |
| 19 | He put his foot on the first step and paused , listening . ’ |
| 20 | I could never understand why Crusoe left his paradise in the first place ; wild horses would not have dragged me from Juan Fernandez . |
| 21 | Wycliffe left his car on the first car park he came to and walked . |
| 22 | Abel had his workshop on the first and second floors of the tall house and made intricate jewellery which he sold to a shop in Hatton Garden . |