Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a choirboy at St Paul 's Cathedral , where he had his first starring role , leading a processional , picked to do so , he believed , ‘ because I looked such a cherub ’ . |
| 2 | Peter Yeo , who had known this particular juggernaut since he had his first small factory and two stores and dirt under his fingernails from shifting packing-cases personally , was not fazed by the question . |
| 3 | SMOKEY ROBINSON has been singing and writing his love sings since the age of 13 and it 's a whole three decades since he had his first hit . |
| 4 | Immovable and unyielding , England openside flanker PETER WINTERBOTTOM has been an almost permanent feature of England sides since he won his first cap a decade ago . |
| 5 | Winterbottom 's game has always been based on his uncompromising attitude on the field ever since he won his first cap against the Wallabies in 1982 . |
| 6 | Even less , after he broke his first bone . |
| 7 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |
| 8 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton last night pledged to maintain the special relationship between Britain and the United States before he began his first meeting with John Major . |
| 9 | Willie grew up around the tenements of Glasgow , and had an equally tough road to go down before he carried his first significant bag . |
| 10 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 11 | He was a protégé of Sir William Chambers , who saw to it that he worked in every artistic department , including that of interior decoration , before he designed his first house at the age of eighteen . |
| 12 | Sole , of course , came to the attention of leading English players some time before he won his first cap against France ( an 18-17 win ) at Murrayfield in January 1986 . |
| 13 | We were very grateful to Tim Rodber for turning out for us against Harlequins the week before he won his first cap . |
| 14 | He played 138 consecutive League matches in the top flight before he missed his first game , through sickness , at Wolverhampton on 14 October 1972 . |
| 15 | Friends claim he underwent a drastic change when he served his first prison sentence for burglary . |
| 16 | In 908/1502–3 , when he sought his first appointment , the kazasker of Rumeli was Hacihasanzade and the kazasker of Anadolu was Molla " Abd al-Rahman b . |
| 17 | How dispiriting for Father Watson to tell her this , Nenna thought , and how far it must be from his expectations when he received his first two minor orders , and made his last acts of resignation . |
| 18 | You used to see my my father 's eyes sparkle when he had his first pint of the day ! |
| 19 | I thought , I 'll tell you who he used to remind me of , cos I sta he started coming to me when he had his first car and he reminded me yo ma , you know erm Seventy Seventy Sunset Strip ? |
| 20 | When he scores his first coulpe of goals I reckon hell take off . |
| 21 | No man could have been more gracious in victory ; champagne for the journalists ; a special bottle to the sports editor of the Surrey Herald who saved him from being disqualified when he mistook his first round starting-time ; personal thanks to the Royal and Ancient Secretary ; even a tip at the airport of a new sports shirt because he had spent all his pounds . |
| 22 | Ivan was beside him when he shot his first German . |
| 23 | The ink was scarcely dry on the takeover agreement when he made his first inept move against me … |
| 24 | Doherty was aghast 12 months ago when he made his first attempt to win the title and lost heavily to the unfancied Fergal O'Brien but this year he was determined to wipe out that memory and win his third title in a matter of months . |
| 25 | STARTLED is the unsuspecting visitor when he meets his first restaurant bill in one of the chic capitals of French-speaking Africa . |
| 26 | BJORN BORG who , at 36 , is still contemplating a return to Grand Slam tournaments , faces Olivier Delaitre , of France — ranked 44th in the world — when he plays his first official men 's singles match for almost a year in Nice tomorrow . |
| 27 | The Tiso retail empire was born when he opened his first climbing shop in Edinburgh in 1962 . |
| 28 | When he arrived his first task was to light the one and only office fire . |
| 29 | Thomas last played in the full England side 13 months ago when he won his first cap in Saudi Arabia and did little of consequence . |
| 30 | Elation returned after 27 months ' drought when he won his first ranking tournament at the Mercantile Credit in Bournemouth last January . |