Example sentences of "first [noun] he [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 2 | Typically , the first action he describes was a mistake : the bombing of Freiburg at the beginning of the war by a squadron of the Luftwaffe believing itself to be over Dijon . |
| 3 | The first act he managed was Herbert and his Horrible Dogs in 1924 . |
| 4 | The first column he wrote was about art and forgery , and he titled it ‘ Art and other scenes ’ . |
| 5 | In the first place he had been in to his office and delayed their departure until after lunch . |
| 6 | Now the first job he did was to get you well acquainted with the tools , which we had quite a number of them . |
| 7 | When Bruce Graham gets into work one of the first things he does is check his mail . |
| 8 | Just at this time ( 1956 ) David Marsh came to work with me and one of the first things he said was ‘ Why do n't you build a proper tensile testing machine ? ’ |
| 9 | One of the first things he found was that golf is not something that can be watched that closely . |
| 10 | Graham Tregidon became WRU president at the annual general meeting in June and one of the first things he did was go into print in the next issue of the union 's newsletter to plead unity . |
| 11 | One of the first things he did was to activate a small probe , with which he scanned his surroundings . |
| 12 | The first detectors he says were ‘ Made literally on a garage workbench ’ . |
| 13 | When I was eventually connected with my Commander-in-Chief I was to learn that this was the first night he had been abed in 13 consecutive nights of operations . |
| 14 | This is the first woman he 's been connected with in all that time . |
| 15 | Politically well yes he 's involved at every level as indeed many comrades are but if , the sign of his political influence , I think is as follows that if there are any anything major going down in his territory any major political problems coming up , then the leader of the council , one of the first people he contacts is Eric . |
| 16 | The first book he published was ‘ Aphorisms on Justification ’ ( 1649 ) written specifically to counter Antinomianism . |
| 17 | ( One of our correspondents serving with 1st Armoured Division reports a visit to 1st Bn. , Staffordshire Regt. , in which he knew a company from 1st Grenadier Guards was serving under command ; the first men he encountered were a Milan crew — from 1st Royal Green Jackets … ) |
| 18 | The first thing he saw was his helmet hanging from the branch of a tree near his hide . |
| 19 | The first thing he saw was a buff-coloured exercise book . |
| 20 | That night he dreamed of the unknown woman , and when he woke up very early , the first thing he saw was the valentine , with its message in red , on the table by his bed . |
| 21 | The first thing he saw was this notice : |
| 22 | The first thing he saw was her blood group . |
| 23 | She was sitting beneath the narrow , barred window when he entered the room , and the first thing he saw was the light lying ashen in her fair hair ; there was more grey than gold in it now . |
| 24 | Well straight away the first thing he done was to put these new tables in , and that was his idea when he put these tables in to get more slate , and less wages . |
| 25 | We 've got our one of our ex-bosses , he er when he got the job is the first thing he does is paint all the walls and put all his certificates up ! |
| 26 | The first thing he discovered was that Newley had not died accidentally . |
| 27 | The first thing he noticed was that there was no dust . |
| 28 | The first thing he noticed was the tang of disinfectant , mingled with the familiar smells of polish and coal ash . |
| 29 | The first thing he wanted was to see a copy of the other man 's book . |
| 30 | Next day Mr Vulcan arrived and the first thing he did was to call on everyone who owed money to his sister . |