Example sentences of "when he [vb past] 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 | no , but , I mean our can read and he could read when he left the first class , he did really well |
| 3 | When he reached the first breakwater , Simon turned and waved . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | PATRICK Rooney was nine years old when he became the first child to die in Ulster 's violent era . |
| 6 | There was a pause when he ended the First Mystery . |
| 7 | Swail 's hopes of getting back in the match virtually disappeared when he lost the first frame of the final session . |
| 8 | Hertz confirmed Maxwell 's theory when he detected the first radio waves . |