Example sentences of "[verb] himself [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 2 | Joshua Morris submitted himself to the first of the day 's body-searches . |
| 3 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 4 | Already preparing himself for the first of his political glittering prizes , the viceroyalty of India , he visited the Trans-Caspian in 1888 and published a book on it in 1889 . |
| 5 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |