Example sentences of "and he [verb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He it was who had pressed for the creation of Christ Church parish , and he became its first incumbent ; Benjamin and Elizabeth had the singular distinction of having him officiate at their marriage — poor surroundings , then , but in the presence of a minister of great reputation . |
| 2 | Ruskin 's Fors Clavigera was probably Mackmurdo 's greatest single inspiration , and he modelled his first pamphlet , The Immorality of Lending for Payment of Interest or of any Usurious Gain ( 1878 ) , on Unto this Last ( 1862 ) . |
| 3 | In 1895 his article ‘ An Ideal Suburban House ’ , published in the Studio , exposed Scott 's talents to a wider audience and he received his first commissions from the mainland . |
| 4 | His father was a dealer and he learnt his first lesson at eight years old . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They were 18 feet away in two but then , said Mason , ‘ I forgot it was downhill ’ and he ran his first putt eight feet past the pin . |
| 7 | Tom came over eight days before the 1973 British Open started and he played his first two practice rounds with that great Australian golfer Bruce Crampton . |
| 8 | Given its regional network , 3i seemed a ‘ sensible ’ choice and he spent his first year in Leeds . |
| 9 | He had no idea where he was , except that it must be somewhere in the wilds of Wales , well hidden from any possibility of rescue ; and he took his first unwilling look about him in the conviction that captivity could mean nothing better than solitude , close confinement and squalor . |
| 10 | His international break-through came against France at Wigan in 1989 and he scored his first Test try in the return at Avig-non . |
| 11 | The meaning of ‘ volley ’ here is : when a ball comes to the player and he hits it first time at the goal before it touches the ground . |
| 12 | Captain David Lloyd-Owen 's LRDG patrol also turned up at the rendezvous and he recalls his first meeting with him . |
| 13 | Stewart was signed up to race Tyrell 's Formula Three Coopers and he won his first race at Snetterton . |
| 14 | And he named his first son George Alex after his personal heroes , Best and Higgins . |
| 15 | The first century was not long delayed , 131 not out in the third Test helping his team to a seven-wicket win , and he ended his first Test series with an average of 147 . |
| 16 | It was then that I conceived the idea of getting a few fans that he had in those days to walk around the television company with placards saying Lets Be Fair To The Long Hairs , which did get press publicity , and in the end , the producer relented and he did his first TV show . ’ |