Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] first " in BNC.

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1 He made telling first half stops and saw his forwards come close to securing three points .
2 If he wants a place in Norway 's World Cup squad next summer , he has to play first team football .
3 But to win , he knows he has to beat first his team-mate Alain Prost who is keen to return to winning ways and regain the leadership of the championship and also overcome the tremendous challenge of Ayrton Senna .
4 Here he 'd smelt the air of England for the first time , the crisp October air ; here he 'd fed first , drunk first ; first had cause for laughter , and later , for tears .
5 The boy repeated none of the simple errors he had made first time round .
6 In that office he had to deal first with the Visigothic king Alaric II and then with the Ostrogoth Theodoric I. He was twice accused of treason , but was exonerated on both occasions .
7 Yesterday , or was it the day before yesterday , or when was it , he had gone first up the ladder on to Lord Jim , but Nenna had gone first into the cabin .
8 But Terry was now conscious and might possibly admit that he had fired first .
9 Willie was glad that he had come first .
10 LITTLE Philip Carter ripped open the letter telling him he had won first prize in the Mirror 's WWF wrestling competition … and burst into tears .
11 He had won first prize at the eisteddfod as a boy soprano .
12 The Doctor struggled to keep himself from slipping down the glowing tunnel , which he had entered first .
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