Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |
| 2 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 3 | Hugh liked him from the first ; and so do I like him , I like him very well . |
| 4 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 5 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 6 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 7 | It 's been over a year since Russell kept wicket for his country , and even the England selectors now agree it was a mistake to drop him in the first place . |
| 8 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 9 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 10 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |