Example sentences of "[prep] he [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 ? |
| 32 | He did n't remember being given that form ; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place . |
| 33 | Was n't that what had attracted her to him in the first place ? |
| 34 | ‘ Why did you get engaged to him in the first place ? ’ he questioned softly . |
| 35 | It was those very firebrand qualities of ruthless daring , initiative and enterprise which had drawn her to him in the first place . |
| 36 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 37 | Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time . |
| 38 | Elinor dreamily remembered what it was like to feel that your lover possessed all the wonderful qualities you wanted , before you realized that he did n't possess them , and that perhaps you had forced those qualities on him in the first place . |
| 39 | That was why Aunt Alicia took pity on him in the first place , Jenny had said , because he had nowhere to put his horses . |
| 40 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 41 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 42 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ she answered , smiling freely at him for the first time that evening . |
| 43 | She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again . |
| 44 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |