Example sentences of "[verb] to him [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to forget why I 'd been attracted to him in the first place . ’ |
| 2 | Something in her had responded to him from the first moment they 'd met . |
| 3 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 4 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 5 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |