Example sentences of "[verb] the first time he " in BNC.
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1 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
2 | For a split second he experienced that same numbing fear he had felt the first time he had come under enemy fire . |
3 | Tsu Ma knelt down and held his shoulders , nodding , remembering how he had felt the first time he had seen the ritual , not then knowing what was happening , nor why . |
4 | How did Doctor Jekyll feel the first time he became Mr Hyde ? |
5 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
6 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
7 | The author remembers the first time he was left with his first , brand-new child . |
8 | His pockets bulged with the prizes he had won at the plastic ducks : a packet of fruit gums , a monkey on a stick that broke the first time he made it jump and three engagement rings with glass stones in them . |
9 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
10 | He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany . |
11 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
12 | Monday marked the first time he spoke from the Oval Office , sitting at John F Kennedy 's desk , on a national holiday celebrating George Washington 's birthday . |
13 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |