Example sentences of "[vb infin] him [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 2 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 3 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 4 | Well , I can tell you something ; I 'm on my own in this house from now on and I shall see to her bathing , and should he attempt to stop me , I 've told him what I 'll do ; I 'll brain him with the first thing I get my hands on . |
| 5 | Well , that 's always supposing you can get him in the first place , because the number of people who have actually seen him , you can count on one hand . ’ |