Example sentences of "to him in the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Looking at her emaciated body , it was a miracle that she had given birth to him in the first place . |
2 | She was just cursing herself for not having had the courage to go straight over to him in the first place when he appeared again , a little further down . |
3 | Certainly , it was these qualities that drew her to him in the first place , but now … these were not the true reasons why she stayed with him . |
4 | I began to forget why I 'd been attracted to him in the first place . ’ |
5 | How , then , could the government explain why he came to be in possession of a genuine birth certificate for a non-existent person without embarrassing the CIA , which had given it to him in the first place ? |
6 | He did n't remember being given that form ; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place . |
7 | Was n't that what had attracted her to him in the first place ? |
8 | ‘ Why did you get engaged to him in the first place ? ’ he questioned softly . |
9 | It was those very firebrand qualities of ruthless daring , initiative and enterprise which had drawn her to him in the first place . |
10 | None the less , it is broadly speaking true that the Church had exalted the monarch in the tenth century , and abased him in the twelfth ; that the Church had taught obedience to him in the tenth century when ancient rights of resistance to a king who broke his subjects ' rights and liberties still flourished ; and that in the twelfth century Church and people exchanged ideas about the bases for the right of resistance . |
11 | Among the cardinals , Hugolinus , one of Innocent 's closest confidants and later Pope Gregory IX , is now generally agreed to have been related to him in the third degree . |