Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] by [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she disliked it so , he found a fleeting pleasure in calling her by her first name . |
| 2 | The comrades we have been teaching are very pleasant , but a bit more reticent than elsewhere — the people at Peking and Sian got round to calling us by our first names , but here it 's ‘ miss ’ and ‘ Professor ’ ( or , to give my name in Chinese ) . |
| 3 | The husband was called Jack , and everyone called him by his first name , but for some reason one always called his wife Mrs Thwaites , although we all knew her Christian name was Margaret . |
| 4 | And allowing someone to call you by your first name ( 'Please , call me John' ) has the sub-text : ‘ I am higher-status than you are and so can grant you this permission . ’ |
| 5 | Amiss speculated about why she felt entitled to call him by his first name . |
| 6 | For instance , if I have a student in my class old enough to be my mother , is it appropriate to call her by her first name ? |
| 7 | pair call me by my first name too as if |
| 8 | The interviewer may address you by your first name , especially if you are a young person . |
| 9 | There are complaints that , while one day Cruickshank will address you by your first name , the next day ‘ he 'll walk past as if he 'd never met you ’ . |