Example sentences of "him [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
2 | She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour . |
3 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
4 | Venables raised £2.5m for a 23pc stake , making him the first man to play for , manage , and part-own a major English soccer club . |
5 | Give him the first half , and see what he would do . |
6 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
7 | As a matter of fact I usually just give him the first line or two and leave him to get on with it . |
8 | It was a sound which had sent a thrill through him the first time he had heard it . |
9 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
10 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
11 | She had n't rejected him the first time , though , just evaded a decision , wanting him to strengthen it somehow . |
12 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
13 | Her heart had been lost to him the first moment she had set eyes on him . |
14 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
15 | Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career . |
16 | Skipper Conlan made three centuries in the summer league , earning him a first team call-up . |
17 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |