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 … |