Example sentences of "[prep] him [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strange for him at first but he soon came to enjoy it and did his best to improve the sporting standards and attitudes . |
| 2 | ‘ He will like you and he will need you for you speak English and he speaks no Italian and not even his brother will be able to speak to him at first . ’ |
| 3 | At once , it fascinated him : a country and a city that were so French , and so Arab , in which two cultures very different from one another seemed to him at first to blend triumphantly . |
| 4 | And I would go in and I I never said nothing to him at first did I ? but I just could n't take it any more . |
| 5 | I pay tribute to him for first raising the subject of league tables for schools ' performances in the Bill that he introduced earlier in the year . |