Example sentences of "he [verb] be first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The care and attention he received was first class throughout his stay and although he missed out on a family Christmas at home , the staff more than made up for it and he was showered with extra presents which helped to speed his recovery . |
| 2 | Josh Gifford , for whom he had been first jockey before his illness and who had assured him that his position as stable jockey would be waiting for him as soon as he had recovered . |
| 3 | In the minutes of 1847 , Mr Alfred D. Blott is described as the senior of the two ‘ Station Clerks ’ , he had been first appointed on 18 September 1838 , the day after the final section of the L & B Railway was opened . |
| 4 | His musical talents had not been confined to the School , for he had been first a choirboy at St. Matthew 's in Edgeley , and then organist for the Sunday afternoon services at Barnes ' Convalescent Home in Cheadle , followed by eight years as organist at St. John 's , Heaton Mersey , then 20 years at St. Peter 's , Stockport , and finally 34 years at the Parish Church , St. Mary 's , from which he finally retired in 1944 . |
| 5 | He had been first to collect the keys . |
| 6 | He had been first away , for he was not one to linger with colleagues . |