Example sentences of "he saw the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’ |
| 2 | As he saw the first men fall in the ambush , Lachlan 's shipmaster yelled for his men to fall back . |
| 3 | Labourer Nick Stylianou , 26 , was repairing paving stones when he saw the first bomb explode . |
| 4 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
| 5 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 6 | At last he saw the first of the dawn , like light faintly perceived round a corner at the far end of an unknown burrow ; and in the same moment a yellow-hammer sang . |
| 7 | The Merkut clan was camped along the curve of a small lake , and when he saw the first yurts Burun kicked his st'lyan into a gallop , his spirit soaring with anticipation . |
| 8 | He saw the first group of storm-troopers in the forest to his left . |