Example sentences of "he took the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 2 | He took the first job he could find , washing dishes at the Wang Garden , a Chinese restaurant two blocks down the street from the hotel . |
| 3 | He took the first five straight off , and went on to capture the world crown for the first time . |
| 4 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |
| 5 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 6 | In 1910 he took the first division examination for the Civil Service and secured a place in the Home Office , which he joined in 1911 . |
| 7 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
| 8 | He took the first four out from the quay and dropped them off , after having had trouble starting the boat . |
| 9 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |