Example sentences of "he [vb past] [to-vb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He agreed to do the first voyage there and back before receiving payment , as long as Ralemberg agreed to underwrite the voyage , using his house as collateral . |
2 | On Sept. 18 Isidore Mvouba was dismissed as Minister of Trade and Commerce after he failed to attend the first meeting of the Cabinet , attending instead a meeting of his own party , the ( formerly ruling ) Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ) . |
3 | Then he began to shift the first screen and leaned it against an adjoining stretch of wall . |
4 | But rather than wait for the English to be lured on to these snares , he decided to launch the first attack himself . |
5 | He struggled to make the first team when we were in the second , and went on loan to a couple of spanish clubs , then was sold to some crap side for next to nothing . |