Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 2 | Joshua Morris submitted himself to the first of the day 's body-searches . |
| 3 | But Lisa 's mother points out that it 's unusual for people with Downs Syndrome to be given a chance to prove themselves in the first place : |
| 4 | But we still are left managing those people in ninety four , ninety five , as well as taking on board the new triangles , the one with the horizontal lines , where we 're going to get people presenting themselves for the first time , and requiring services . |
| 5 | These divisions establish themselves in the first five years or so of our lives . |
| 6 | Two children arranged themselves in the first carriage , Bradford grandchildren with their parents up from Bristol . |
| 7 | In 1896 the fourth Congress resolved itself into the first National Council with a permanent staff and offices , at first in Birmingham and then in the Congregationalists ' London headquarters , Memorial Hall . |