Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [verb] [prep] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If justice reigns at all , we will find ourselves barred at the first threshold of the underworld .
2 Archbishop Egbert of Trier had himself represented on the first page of a book of liturgical gospel readings and in a psalter as if he were a Christ-like emperor seated in majesty .
3 IT IS a measure of the strength of the entry for the Hi-Tec British Open Championships that the world No 28 , Brett Newton , of Australia , found himself eliminated in the first round of the qualifying competition yesterday .
4 He himself sat in the first cab opposite Martin 's two partners , Mr Alex Beecham , the senior partner , and Mr James Holden , now the junior partner .
5 Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden .
6 One night , waiting in her car outside a pub to which she had followed him , she suddenly found herself crying for the first time .
7 I find myself turning to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis for an insight into what I am hinting at here .
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