Example sentences of "[pron] give [pers pn] his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave him his first bath . |
| 2 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 3 | But there was an interesting sequel , which gave him his first , insightful , small stab at directing . |
| 4 | He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship . |
| 5 | Curiously , Abbado is succeeding the man who gave him his first big break . |
| 6 | His interest in archaeology led him into contact with Flinders Petrie , for whom he worked as an assistant from 1892 , and who gave him his first experience in excavation . |
| 7 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 8 | Gently — and a little inexpertly — he gave her his first love in return , and that joining of soul to soul and body to body convinced her that in love it is indeed better to give than to receive . |