Example sentences of "he [vb past] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could have made a real mess of that hole , but I took a calculated gamble and it paid off , ’ added Faldo , who walked off the green with a bogey four — one shot less than he registered in the first round . |
| 2 | He fought in the first World War and died in the Aegean in 1915 at the age of 27 . |
| 3 | Clinton needed five stitches in an eye cut he suffered in the first round , when he also badly displaced the knuckles on his left hand . |
| 4 | The date of its founder , Zarathustra ( Zoroaster is the Greek form of his name ) , is uncertain but it is thought that he flourished in the first half of the sixth century BC . |
| 5 | The big pitfall is the prospect of a currency loss if sterling declines still further , which can wipe out the benefit of interest rate savings and leave the borrower owing more debt than he borrowed in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ Ca n't think how he escaped in the first place , ’ complained the Home Secretary . |
| 7 | ‘ There are times , ’ he said in the first letter , ‘ that I wish myself not a prince , but a simple fellow . |
| 8 | It would have given a similar sort of chance to the one he missed in the first minute . |