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

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1 When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’
2 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 .
3 no , but , I mean our can read and he could read when he left the first class , he did really well
4 When he reached the first breakwater , Simon turned and waved .
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 PATRICK Rooney was nine years old when he became the first child to die in Ulster 's violent era .
7 There was a pause when he ended the First Mystery .
8 Swail 's hopes of getting back in the match virtually disappeared when he lost the first frame of the final session .
9 Hertz confirmed Maxwell 's theory when he detected the first radio waves .
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