Example sentences of "himself [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having watched television documentaries about life in East Germany , Becker was keen to see for himself for the first time . |
| 2 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
| 3 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 4 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 5 | In 1724 , David Muir , Chamberlain to the Earl of Eglinton and a merchant in his own right , presented the Society with a silver arrow as the winner 's trophy for the papingo shoot and proceeded to win it himself in the first year . |
| 6 | It is very difficult to find a reason for that early forebear making a ‘ god ’ for himself in the first place , if it were not a result of the pressures of dependence originating from mammalian childhood . |
| 7 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 8 | Roman answered the phone himself at the first ring , and Claudia 's heart turned over . |