Example sentences of "he [verb] the first [noun] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
| 11 | How could he forget the first daemon he had combatted in full knowledge of its nature ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
| 14 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |
| 19 | and you , it was alright , and guess what he stacked the first day he was there ? |
| 20 | CARL LLEWELLYN ( Party Politics ) : ‘ As soon as he jumped the first fence I gained in confidence . |