Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A New Zealander , born in Dunedin and a graduate of Otago University , he went to Merton College , Oxford , in 1934 as a Rhodes Scholar , where he took a First in English . |
| 2 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 3 | He was educated at Madras University , where he took a first in English , and Trinity Hall , Cambridge , where he gained firsts in both Natural Sciences and Law . |
| 4 | He was educated at the Perse School , Cambridge , and won a scholarship to Pembroke College , Cambridge , where he received a first class in part i of the English tripos in 1928 and a first class with distinction in part ii in 1929 . |
| 5 | He was born in 1928 and educated at Winchester College and at New College , Oxford , where he obtained a First in Classics . |
| 6 | Clough was educated at Rugby School and St John 's College , Cambridge , where he obtained a first class in the natural sciences tripos in 1874 and an MA in 1878 . |
| 7 | He was educated at Marlborough College , to which he had a lifelong devotion , and at Balliol College , Oxford , where he captained both the cricket and hockey XIs and where he obtained a first class in classical honour moderations ( 1924 ) and second classes in mathematical moderations ( 1924 ) and literae humaniores ( 1926 ) . |
| 8 | He was bought up as a Catholic and a socialist and was educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Peterhouse , Cambridge , where he gained a first class degree in history . |
| 9 | Quinn can give the bookmakers a caning today if he scores the first goal of the game . |
| 10 | Driver Colin McRae is champion for the second year running … he 's won all six rounds of the home championship … and if he becomes the first Brit since 76 to win the rally he 'll land the bonus prize of a hundred thousand pounds … |
| 11 | He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time . |
| 12 | The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush . |
| 13 | While he spent the first month of his new appointment easing himself in and still nipping up to Edinburgh to round off one or two NHS tasks from London ( where he kept his home and from which he was commuting during his health job ) , many of the key decisions affecting the telecommunications industry over the next year or so have already been taken , so the learning curve will not have to be so dramatics last time . |
| 14 | The Reverend W Awdry has lived and breathed Thomas the Tank engine ever since he wrote the first book about the lovable locomotive in 1945. 25 more books about Thomas and his friends followed Mas well as popular TV series . |
| 15 | But since he knew the first three elements of this expression before he observed his local price , it follows that the observation of his local price amounts to an observation of . |
| 16 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
| 17 | The news came on the day another record-breaker , Harry Taylor , 33 , returned home after he became the first Briton to reach the summit from the Nepalese side without the aid of oxygen . |
| 18 | The world No3 launched his comeback with a break of 114 after he lost the first three frames . |
| 19 | World No3 White won 5-4 , launching his comeback with a break of 114 after he lost the first three frames . |
| 20 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |
| 21 | The CEGB know it , the local authority know it , we know it , you know it , and the inspector appointed to carry out the inevitable inquiry will know it before he hears the first evidence . |
| 22 | The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer . |
| 23 | When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’ |
| 24 | The Merkut clan was camped along the curve of a small lake , and when he saw the first yurts Burun kicked his st'lyan into a gallop , his spirit soaring with anticipation . |
| 25 | The hero was being filmed taking his 10-month-old baby to the pool when he gets the first indication he is going to be threatened . |
| 26 | no , but , I mean our can read and he could read when he left the first class , he did really well |
| 27 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 28 | When he reached the first breakwater , Simon turned and waved . |
| 29 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 30 | 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 . |