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The phrase "a first he" is not correct in English and does not convey a clear meaning.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect construction and cannot be used in written English without additional context or correction.
Example: "At first, he thought it was a joke."
Alternatives: "initially he" or "at the beginning he".
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"That was a first," he said.
"It's a first," he told the crowd.
"This was a first," he added.
"In all my years, that's a first," he said.
Being a first, he added, is not enough.
After graduating with a first, he drifted back home to Cambridge to work in schools administration.
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The high-energy (HE) spectrometer features a degrader foil for isobar suppression and a second HE magnet for suppression of ions scattered in the HE ESA, which ensures very low detection limits.
"Wait a second," he joked.
For a second he thought about it.
At a fourth, he called for time.
"Hold on a second," he said.
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