Example sentences of "he [verb] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next night , Captain Edward ( Ted ) Parsons RE and his paddler , Leading Seaman Irvine , prepared to land , Ted Parsons taking a ducking as he tried the first time to board the canoe in a nasty swell . |
| 2 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 3 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 4 | Nor do I expect an angler to recognise every bite he feels the first time he tries touch legering . |
| 5 | He remembered the first time he had come there , his first coveted invitation to the home of one of the richest men in West Germany . |
| 6 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
| 7 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 8 | There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat . |
| 9 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |
| 10 | He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time . |