Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two children arranged themselves in the first carriage , Bradford grandchildren with their parents up from Bristol . |
| 2 | When temporary workers responding to the British Labour Force Survey were themselves invited to differentiate between these two groups , two-thirds placed themselves in the first category . |
| 3 | The main thesis of the existentialist approach is that in order to elucidate the full significance of ontological claims conveyed by existential propositions we ought to begin by focusing attention upon the one for whom the " problem of existence " presents itself in the first instance as a problem of his own existence . |
| 4 | Apart from that , there 's a certain justification for the MC4 clasping the live album nettle — given that it was their constant , sometimes belligerent belief in gigging that helped them establish themselves in the first place . |
| 5 | 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 : |
| 6 | These divisions establish themselves in the first five years or so of our lives . |