Example sentences of "first [noun sg] he [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 2 | Preston denied this with some zest , pointing out that it was the first time he 'd thrown a punch at anyone since his days in the ring with Cobber the kangaroo . |
| 3 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 4 | It was the first time he had conceded a game since building the device three years earlier . |
| 5 | It was the first time he had loved a carpet , and now he found himself looking at carpets in shop windows . |
| 6 | I watched , fascinated , for this was the first time he had confronted a murderer with a plausible explanation but very little proof . |
| 7 | He felt as he had in Oxford , the first time he had taken a girl out with a packet of French letters in his wallet . |
| 8 | It was the first time he had taken a real look at the premises from the back . |
| 9 | It was the first time he had brought a girl home and both he and Janine were nervous . |