Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 Graham Taylor 's sidekick said : ‘ He has already achieved the first step by playing in the friendly against Spurs and it will be a very big step to get into a competitive game where there will be no quarter given or asked .
2 Today he has also become the first man to drive across Langjökull , and the first to drive across Drangajökull .
3 Club member Harry Porter ( born 1902 ) was six when the course opened and he remembers dimly walking the first hole with the crowd .
4 He died within a year of taking up his new office , but by then he had successfully completed the first stage of the reduction of Wales which , according to his will , he expected to complete within his three-year term of office .
5 He had just turned the first furrow when a tiger walked up and said : " Peace be with you , friend .
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