Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] first [noun sg] he " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	He asked the first policeman he saw the way to London University and was pointed in the direction of the Strand .
2	Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff .
3	He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London .
4	The hero was being filmed taking his 10-month-old baby to the pool when he gets the first indication he is going to be threatened .
5	And when he heard the first crash he determined to intervene , in some way that would not dispute the authority of the headmaster 's wife .
6	And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute .
7	He took the first job he could find , washing dishes at the Wang Garden , a Chinese restaurant two blocks down the street from the hotel .
8	Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering .
9	How could he forget the first daemon he had combatted in full knowledge of its nature ?
10	He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany .
11	As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her .
12	He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it .
13	He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts .
14	and you , it was alright , and guess what he stacked the first day he was there ?

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