Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 61 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 62 | Within ten minutes he was on the move again but came towards me very fast and swam into the weeds that formed the roof over the hole where I had hooked him in the first place . |
| 63 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 64 | Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time . |
| 65 | ‘ As you follow him through the first forest , ’ he said , ‘ Remember this , if you can … keep asking yourself the question : why did he fail to return . |
| 66 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 67 | You never wanted him in the first place . ’ |
| 68 | ‘ I wanted him in the first place , ’ said Graham , ‘ but the management had already cast Cy Grant . |
| 69 | Jekub can be a bit scary when you see him for the first time . ’ |
| 70 | Either she could say that Derek was the biggest fool the world had ever seen — in which case she would stand , self-confessed , as an even bigger fool for having married him in the first place . |
| 71 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 72 | And manager Ian Porterfield must decide how quickly to bring him into the first team , though it will be tough to drop Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 73 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 74 | Never trusted him from the first moment . |