Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joey did n't recognise his cousin at first , and kept peering along as if to make sure . |
| 2 | He 's been told he can do it legally only if he takes his uniform off first . |
| 3 | Later he went up to Oxford , taking his degree with first class honours in History . |
| 4 | Some writers worked as independent agents , such as the High Tory , Charles Leslie , who produced his Rehearsal at first weekly , and then bi-weekly , between 1704 and 1709 . |
| 5 | Evans got his blow in first as he stood at the door , ushered them into a large office overlooking the Kaiserstrasse . |
| 6 | Nazarbayev resigned his post as first secretary and thus membership of the CPSU politburo on Aug. 22 . |
| 7 | It was typical of Sam 's chutzpah to get his story in first , to gain sympathy and support , to get Gran on his team . |
| 8 | Manfred Drake ( formerly Manfred Drechsler ) remembers how much he missed his mother at first : |