Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because it would be good for some of us to see the first moments of your great fame . ’ |
| 2 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 3 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 4 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 5 | It is up to them to make the first move . ’ |
| 6 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |