Example sentences of "[verb] him [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For all that , had she been right just to abandon him pitilessly for the first dashing knight to Pass her way ? |
| 2 | By the time that Lothar arrived in Paris , probably in the 1180s , perhaps earlier , the theology taught there was no longer the speculative , probing theology of Peter Abelard ( which was perhaps the reputation that had brought him there in the first place ) , but had become more concerned with practical issues and doctrine . |
| 3 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 4 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 5 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |