Sentence examples for first contracted from inspiring English sources

The former president first contracted tuberculosis during his stay in Robben Island prison.

Oil and gas leases, first contracted in the 1940s, provided additional income.

It was my uncle who first contracted the virus in our family.

She first contracted the disease three years earlier and suffered through seven months of chemotherapy.

Before becoming the country's first black president, Mandela first contracted tuberculosis during his stay in Robben Island prison.

Delicate in health from the age of six, when he first contracted tuberculosis, Beardsley again fell victim to the disease when he was 17.

(This was stipulated in his first contract).

The first contract was for six programmes.

That first contract traditionally becomes a benchmark.

"He gave me my first contract.

AMI landed its first contract in April 2004.