Example sentences of "[verb] him first [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The lure of volumes , in the wake of the Advanced Computing Environment fiasco , is pushing him first into Sun 's domain where the majority of users who care are said to prefer Motif over Open Look ( 36% versus 29% ) .
2 Lorton had met him first in Beirut where he ran a short-lived but lucrative business selling the same medical supplies to more than one purchaser .
3 In July 1815 Hodgskin embarked on a walking tour which took him first to Paris and later to Germany , where he made a detailed study of the political and economic institutions of Hanover .
4 His search for Tess took him first to Flintcomb-Ash , where he discovered she had never used her married name .
5 But I took him first to Connor 's Quay to join a sh erm ship there .
6 They awaited him first at Yenipazar , but when Murad refused to see them there , they returned to Edirne to await him .
7 Death had brushed Dustin 's cheek twice , threatening to take him first by fire and secondly by a bomb .
8 He had wanted to go dispatched him first to Mauritius and then to South Africa where , on 26 July 1944 , he died .
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