Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is accused of first , neglecting the class struggle , and second , distorting the history of capitalism and thus the progressive role of capitalism in development ( Brenner , 1977 ; Cor ’ bridge , 1986 , ch.2 ) . |
| 2 | Born near Doncaster , Edward Kirk lost his hearing through a severe illness when aged 2 , and was sent to be educated at the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where his abilities so impressed the headmaster , the great Charles Baker , that he was kept on first as a classroom assistant , thence from 1871 as a teacher . |
| 3 | For his part Ivashko promised following his election to give up the Ukrainian CP leadership , and at a party congress on June 22-23 he was replaced as first secretary by his former deputy , Stanislav Gurenko . |
| 4 | She could n't understand what he was doing at first : she thought he was shaking a bottle . |
| 5 | I could n't hear what he was saying at first , then I got bits of it . |