Example sentences of "at [adj] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that first meeting he told me something about himself . |
| 2 | It was not a demonstrative friendship ; they had never kissed , had never indeed touched hands except at that first meeting . |
| 3 | At that first hearing in Orkney , on the seventh day after the removal of their children , the allegations of lewd and libidinous behaviour with ritual music and dance were read out to the stunned parents . |
| 4 | At that first meeting , two applicants for the post of assistant nurse were considered ( but neither was thought suitable for interview ) . |
| 5 | I remember the near panic with which I set about trying to paint at that first Bingley course when we were all made to experience work in another field than our own . |
| 6 | He remembered what Alina had said to him , way back at that first dawn . |
| 7 | At that first meeting my father can have had no idea of the troubles this boy would bring upon his country . |
| 8 | So bear that in mind , even the beginning of this story look at that first paragraph it 's in a darker type it 'll make me filthy , a darker and a larger size . |
| 9 | Why not look at British first ? |
| 10 | Lots of pupils give up at this first hurdle . |
| 11 | She carefully concealed her satisfaction at this first use of the word ‘ our ’ . |
| 12 | At this first stage , it is essential not to go too fast , but by now most people have already done so ; they have already jumbled the cube and thereby discovered the basic mathematical problem : how do you get back to where you started ? |
| 13 | Rates of remaining a never smoker in 1989 for the 2981 ( 98% ) for whom smoking status was known at this first follow up were 85% in the control group , 82% in the FSE group , 81% in the SAM group , and 84% in the FSE/SAM group . |
| 14 | At this first meeting I expressed appreciation at their continuing confidence in me ; undertook to mediate ( this time unpaid ) ; and also to involve the services of John Montgomerie , whose clear-headed , quiet wisdom had earned him the respect and confidence of everyone he had dealt with . |
| 15 | But Alina hardly talked about herself at all , not at this first meeting . |
| 16 | According to Gorbachev 's proposal ‘ at this first stage ’ there would be no restrictions imposed on the ‘ naval activities and naval arms of the coastal Mediterranean states themselves ’ . |
| 17 | In later years , we shall find Nietzsche looking back at this first book , and especially its Wagnerian dimension , with very mixed feelings . |
| 18 | If the foreigner is not dishonest at this first stage there is no need to ask the second question . |
| 19 | I want to have a look at , at this first , or the , the other piece or would you like |
| 20 | Right , let me have a look at this first before , you pour a cup of tea and I 'll have a look at this form |
| 21 | The appointment of McDonald , who was still an interviewer with Trinidadian TV when News At Ten first went on the air , fits in with what sources suggest is a new reliance on star names . |
| 22 | What I ca n't now work out is how as a university student in England I managed to get tickets for Das Rheingold and Die Walküre at those first Easter Festivals . |