Example sentences of "he [verb] the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Quinn can give the bookmakers a caning today if he scores the first goal of the game . |
| 32 | He answers the first question by reference to the ‘ harm to interests ’ theory , and the second by requiring a choice to incur the legal duty . |
| 33 | He joined the first board of Tees conservancy commissioners in 1852 , and a year later was among Middlesbrough 's first councillors , becoming the town 's third mayor in 1855 . |
| 34 | A month ago he chaired the first meeting of the ‘ great and the good ’ who make up the Cairngorms Working Party . |
| 35 | He popped the first bottle of champagne and poured a glass . |
| 36 | In spite of his desire for Kiku , he spent the first night in Zurachina 's yurt . |
| 37 | He spent the first day in bed , after going to the Chinese takeaway to make sure he did n't starve . |
| 38 | While he spent the first month of his new appointment easing himself in and still nipping up to Edinburgh to round off one or two NHS tasks from London ( where he kept his home and from which he was commuting during his health job ) , many of the key decisions affecting the telecommunications industry over the next year or so have already been taken , so the learning curve will not have to be so dramatics last time . |
| 39 | The whole is a tribute to the diplomatic skills and national divisions of the Generalsekretär of the Kulturstiftung , Klaus Maurice , whose view of German culture transcends normal politics , as his recent enabling of the British Library to buy the complete series of Tauchnitz classics shows ; for at the time when he retrieved the first piece of the treasure , Quedlinburg was still behind the Wall . |
| 40 | In 1884 , when he finished the first version of his set ( he revised it to form part of his Klavierübung in 1922 ) , Busoni was only eighteen , but he was always a practised composer , with an enormous quantity of piano music to his credit — indeed , he had composed five Sonatas and a host of other pieces for all sorts of forces before he was fifteen . |
| 41 | Swail 's hopes of getting back in the match virtually disappeared when he lost the first frame of the final session . |
| 42 | In 1868 he founded the first lodge in England , ‘ Columbia ’ lodge no. 1 . |
| 43 | Powell , taking a quick penalty , fed skipper Gander on the burst and he broke the first line of defence to surge clear . |
| 44 | As he delivered the first ball of his third over on that fateful sunny afternoon , his left knee split apart , fracturing in two . |
| 45 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |
| 46 | Then he reached the first green of the tournament proper — rather than the first green of the practice rounds . |
| 47 | When the challenge got through to him , he disobeyed the first rule of the services and volunteered . |
| 48 | He saw the first group of storm-troopers in the forest to his left . |
| 49 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 50 | His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop onto his forehead . |
| 51 | He tossed the first stone at the small wooden framed bedroom window on the lefthand side of the cottage , keeping a wary eye on the righthand window at the same time . |
| 52 | He won the first leg at Nashville . |
| 53 | He won the first race of the season in Australia but was injured before the Phoenix 200 . |
| 54 | He won the first race by 27 seconds and the second by 33 seconds . |
| 55 | He presented the first edition of What the Papers Say for Granada in 1956 , going on to present 160 programmes . |
| 56 | So he had the first name of somebody famous . |
| 57 | Driver Colin McRae is champion for the second year running … he 's won all six rounds of the home championship … and if he becomes the first Brit since 76 to win the rally he 'll land the bonus prize of a hundred thousand pounds … |
| 58 | He slept the first night in a field , feeling lonely , tired , cold and hungry . |
| 59 | He said the first floor of the building would provide facilities for the town council , as well as including a stage and auditorium for public performances , with full access for the disabled . |
| 60 | He wrote the first card to Mitch . |