Example sentences of "him [prep] the first [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Lucien had had little experience of female-kind in his life , and it was the women of Mandru 's household who were the most kind to him during the first traumatic days of his life there . |
| 4 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 5 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |