Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] he [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already the features were changing as moisture was drawn out of the flesh , but remembering how Iritnefert had looked when he had first seen her , he could understand how the two girls could be confused . |
| 2 | He remembered the release he had felt when he had first heard the teachings of Akhenaten , which had cut away the rotten trappings of the old beliefs , festooned as they were with the cynical speculation of the priests . |
| 3 | He felt the same surge of excitement , the same strong sexual awareness , he had felt when he had first held this sepia photograph in the early days of the summer . |
| 4 | But then , as Christian acidly remarked , his friend Edouard was a man of many parts — not just one , which he had suspected when he had first met Edouard in London . |
| 5 | There had to be some around somewhere , from before he 'd quit smoking when he 'd first started to worry about his health . |
| 6 | Conversely , when Woosnam was taken ill so badly during the Johnnie Walker tournament in Bangkok earlier this year that on completion of his round he had to be rushed to hospital suffering from dehydration , he did not leave until he had first dealt with the hovering group of reporters . |
| 7 | And what the hell had happened when he 'd first met Rohmer ? |
| 8 | He wore gloves , as he had since he 'd first entered the vehicle — stolen from a food depot a hundred miles to the north . |
| 9 | Rachel walked behind him , dishevelled , weary and full of resentment that Damian Flint should look as cool and immaculate as he had when he 'd first arrived . |
| 10 | Goalkeeper Alan Main fumbled a Glynn Snodin corner and , in the process , allowed Baird to scramble home his tenth goal of the season after John Robertson had failed to connect when he got first bite at the cherry . |
| 11 | Perhaps they had been loaded on the train many hours before Holly , because they seemed to him to be sleeping when he had first seen them in the darkened carriage . |