Example sentences of "[verb] him first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 2 | Oh I 'll ring him first thing Monday morning then . |
| 3 | Looking over Dostoevsky 's shoulder , we find him first writing ‘ small yellow glass ’ , then deleting ‘ small ’ ; and writing ‘ water ’ then adding ‘ yellow warm ’ to the water , then deleting ‘ warm ’ — the final text uniting an apocalyptic starkness of yellow meets yellow with the topicality of Petersburg 's notoriously filthy water supply , a subject of much comment and complaint in the newspapers . |
| 4 | You go along to see him first thing tomorrow . ’ |
| 5 | Clarissa kindly offered him first bath — if he promised not to go looking for pretty Mosleyites , but Charles smiled and shook his head . |
| 6 | On March 20th President Chaim Herzog gave him first shot at forming a new government to replace the fallen Likud-Labour coalition . |
| 7 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 8 | Peter Hardcastle of Ridgehill , Dartmouth , was taken to hospital after passing motorists gave him first aid . |