Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career . |
| 2 | And he was encouraged by the way he came through the first 10-round contest of his 33-fight unbeaten career . |
| 3 | He showed in the first official Surrealist exhibition in Paris in 1925 and the following year he had his first solo show . |
| 4 | In 1578 he subscribed to the first unsuccessful colonizing voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v . ] . |
| 5 | In October he flew at the first British flying meeting at Doncaster , and there he became a naturalized British subject . |
| 6 | He put on the first English show of American Abstract Expressionists , and the British critics sniffed . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ he answered with the first real amusement of the day , ‘ mine does . ’ |
| 8 | He hobbled through the first available door , which was marked Adjutant General , and saw a red-faced major seated behind the desk . |