Example sentences of "had [verb] him [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 2 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 3 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
| 4 | Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant . |
| 5 | I was privy to all their discussions on Hardy , as both had known him during the First World War . |
| 6 | Makarenko also dealt summarily with the Poltava educational authorities who had appointed him in the first place . |
| 7 | Again his mind was clouded by the heresy that had struck him after the first night in Taunton . |
| 8 | No other man had so eloquently and constantly spoken of the way I had haunted him from the first moment he cast eyes on me . |
| 9 | Within ten minutes he was on the move again but came towards me very fast and swam into the weeds that formed the roof over the hole where I had hooked him in the first place . |