Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also he says that when he saw you first there were two others with you , dressed as you are dressed . |
| 2 | Friends claim he underwent a drastic change when he served his first prison sentence for burglary . |
| 3 | In 908/1502–3 , when he sought his first appointment , the kazasker of Rumeli was Hacihasanzade and the kazasker of Anadolu was Molla " Abd al-Rahman b . |
| 4 | How dispiriting for Father Watson to tell her this , Nenna thought , and how far it must be from his expectations when he received his first two minor orders , and made his last acts of resignation . |
| 5 | You used to see my my father 's eyes sparkle when he had his first pint of the day ! |
| 6 | I thought , I 'll tell you who he used to remind me of , cos I sta he started coming to me when he had his first car and he reminded me yo ma , you know erm Seventy Seventy Sunset Strip ? |
| 7 | When he scores his first coulpe of goals I reckon hell take off . |
| 8 | No man could have been more gracious in victory ; champagne for the journalists ; a special bottle to the sports editor of the Surrey Herald who saved him from being disqualified when he mistook his first round starting-time ; personal thanks to the Royal and Ancient Secretary ; even a tip at the airport of a new sports shirt because he had spent all his pounds . |
| 9 | Ivan was beside him when he shot his first German . |
| 10 | The ink was scarcely dry on the takeover agreement when he made his first inept move against me … |
| 11 | Doherty was aghast 12 months ago when he made his first attempt to win the title and lost heavily to the unfancied Fergal O'Brien but this year he was determined to wipe out that memory and win his third title in a matter of months . |
| 12 | STARTLED is the unsuspecting visitor when he meets his first restaurant bill in one of the chic capitals of French-speaking Africa . |
| 13 | BJORN BORG who , at 36 , is still contemplating a return to Grand Slam tournaments , faces Olivier Delaitre , of France — ranked 44th in the world — when he plays his first official men 's singles match for almost a year in Nice tomorrow . |
| 14 | The Tiso retail empire was born when he opened his first climbing shop in Edinburgh in 1962 . |
| 15 | When he arrived his first task was to light the one and only office fire . |
| 16 | Thomas last played in the full England side 13 months ago when he won his first cap in Saudi Arabia and did little of consequence . |
| 17 | Elation returned after 27 months ' drought when he won his first ranking tournament at the Mercantile Credit in Bournemouth last January . |
| 18 | Johnny 's silky touches and ball playing skills , nurtured by the great Arthur Rowe , drew huge admiration from Palace fans and he inevitably became a target for the bigger clubs , but he was still with the Palace when he gained his first full England International cap ( against Northern Ireland at Wembley on 22 November 1961 ) and Palace 's first such honour in thirty-eight years . |
| 19 | When he turned his first thought was that she too had been designed to impress . |
| 20 | Platt provided the perfect answer when he completed his first hat-trick after 67 minutes and soon the energetic Palmer notched a fourth . |
| 21 | And when he built his first engine it was made out of erm iron and stuff and was extremely heavy . |
| 22 | ‘ He was enjoying it , he loathed MacQuillan , ’ he said and reminded her that Shildon and he had worked for MacQuillan when he bought his first paper . |