Example sentences of "he [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 As a director of Routledge , he took an interest in what I was writing , and in 1946 he commissioned the first book I was to produce on philosophy , The Approach to Metaphysics .
2 He asked the first policeman he saw the way to London University and was pointed in the direction of the Strand .
3 The interviewer hesitated , and when he asked the next question he sounded faintly embarrassed .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Flaherty said to be sure this was true , although he misremembered the last time they 'd been called on to supply them , it being all of two years since the Wolfkings had been driven out by the Gruagach .
7 ‘ Oh , for goodness ’ sake ! ’ he squeaked the third time it happened .
8 Thomas Newcomen became a blacksmith and an ironmonger , and it was in 1705 that , in partnership with Thomas Savery and John Colley , he patented the first engine which made use of steam as a motive power .
9 But the way he landed the third time I knew he would n't get up again .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 When he reached the last machine he went back to the beginning and played them all again .
15 Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering .
16 How could he forget the first daemon he had combatted in full knowledge of its nature ?
17 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 .
18 As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her .
19 He remembered the last visit he had had — from Marshal Tolonen — and was determined to keep Kim away from things .
20 He remembered the last time he had been in this situation .
21 He remembered the last time he had seen his father — Dermot Corcoran , he corrected himself — alive .
22 He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist .
23 With a pang , he remembered the last time he had eaten fish and chips , the time he had met Irene Pitt .
24 When he emerged the next morning he had changed .
25 When he emerged the next morning he found not uncertainty but widespread consternation .
26 He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it .
27 There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat .
28 He said the first day I went , I , I never sold anything except a couple of por a bit dubious , so he cooked half a dozen sausages , one bit of fish and did a few chips and said I bet we 'll be sitting here all day well every bugger come for fish and chips , had n't got none had they !
29 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 .
30 you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then
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