Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since he first appeared on TV as Frank Spencer , this fine actor has been delighting audiences — without resorting , like some , to smut or gimmicks . |
| 2 | Reg has remained a bachelor ever since he first asked her to marry him when they were childhood sweethearts in Cirencester . |
| 3 | Carmichael states that ‘ the plant is secretly secured in the bodices of the women and in the vests of the men , under the left armpit ’ , while Martin Martin gives an account of a man in Berneray , Harris , who wore it in the neck of his coat to prevent him from seeing visions , and ‘ he never saw any since he first carried that plant about with him ’ . |
| 4 | He was sure there had been more when he first arrived ; they had been scuttling about all over the place , carrying implements , standing on stools stirring steaming mixtures , chopping things and throwing bits and pieces into cauldrons . |
| 5 | It was here that he first conceived the idea of being a peasant painter . |
| 6 | ‘ Our stock is carefully chosen to blend well into British homes , ’ explained director William Hiley , who fell in love with Indian style some years ago when he first travelled around India as a student . |
| 7 | This was being built between 1831 and 1833 , and it was probably about then that he first met Gilbert Scott . |
| 8 | He still retains an affection for the place , perhaps because it was there that he first encountered the inspiring sight of human beings at odds with , and frequently overcoming , an unpromising environment . |
| 9 | The pasty-faced bureaucrats at New Scotland Yard were not to know he felt about as much at home there when he first arrived as a Martian . |
| 10 | Yet when he first saw me it was definitely scary … |
| 11 | ‘ We 're both civilians , ’ he had told him crisply when he first took him on . |