Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him his first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I gave him his first bath .
2 But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars .
3 A right-wing corner by the left-footed Preece was met so powerfully by James that the young full-back could be proud of the header which brought him his first goal of the season …
4 His interest in archaeology led him into contact with Flinders Petrie , for whom he worked as an assistant from 1892 , and who gave him his first experience in excavation .
5 He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship .
6 They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily .
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