Example sentences of "first he [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But first he had to inhibit his habitual responses . |
| 2 | Although at first he had to consolidate his position at home , it was always his ambition to undermine the European order which had come into being after the defeat of his uncle . |
| 3 | AT first he failed to notice we had stopped . |
| 4 | First he sought to use it to spread the gospel of trade unionism elsewhere in the north-east and eventually persuaded it to establish branches at Middlesbrough , Hartlepool , Seaham Harbour and in North and South Shields . |
| 5 | First he has to beat his former club , QPR , tomorrow night in the Coca-Cola Cup — a competition that can take Wednesday back into the UEFA Cup . |
| 6 | So from the first he attempted to make himself master of the city — a prelude to an active policy not only to control Rome but to restore the Papal State to its old frontiers . |