Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] the first [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next
2 The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race .
3 Okay so now suppose you have Florence as the first noun in T three and herself no do it the other way round , suppose you had herself as the first noun and T three Florence okay then you 'd find Florence does C command herself but it should n't
4 The complaints must be made to the police themselves in the first instance and all subsequent investigations are undertaken by police officers .
5 These witches are the ‘ middle class ’ of respectability , always concerned to distance themselves from the first group and ever keen to present the acceptable face of natural religion .
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