Example sentences of "he make [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He made his first professional purchase at the age of 16 , while still at art college , when he bought a plate for two shillings at Preston market .
2 He was on Philip Randolph 's ‘ March on Washington ’ platform in Chicago , and it was whilst lecturing in Boston that he made his first real contact with the Jamaican nationalist movement and significantly with Norman Manley .
3 The relaxed atmosphere of the sixth form was exploited to the full by Gedge and he made his first naïve steps into a political arena , ones that ended at the school 's perimeter fence .
4 He made his first important political appearance at the Socialist Congress in Tours in December 1920 .
5 The ink was scarcely dry on the takeover agreement when he made his first inept move against me …
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