Example sentences of "[vb past] him [pos pn] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the previous three years , Crawford had written hundreds of letters to producers and directors in his search for work , but it was his love of cycling — he sometimes rode from South London to Brighton and back in a day that landed him his first work in repertory theatre . |
| 2 | A right-wing corner by the left-footed Preece was met so powerfully by James that the young full-back could be proud of the header which brought him his first goal of the season … |
| 3 | When Grimsby offered him his first trial with a Football League club , he gave away a penalty after two minutes . |
| 4 | He 's become better known as a zoologist , but has n't forgotten it was Swindon that offered him his first exhibition . |
| 5 | Although he could not read or write , Burke learnt fast , but it was not until he was 18 , nearly 19 , that Parrish gave him his first fight . |
| 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 | It also gave him his first taste of advertising as he worked as a junior on the flotation of Harrison Cowley , later to be taken over by Saatchi & Saatchi . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | His new wife Fatmawati gave him his first son , Guntur , whose name means ‘ thunder ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Gungawatti , when frightened by a swarm of jungle bees , gave him his first ride on the back of a bolting elephant . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 14 | I gave him his first bath . |
| 15 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just his paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 16 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just the paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 17 | Michael Caine 's cockney Alfie ( foreign to American ears ) won him his first nomination in 1966 , but he had to play an American to win at last , twenty years later , in Hannah and Her Sisters . |