Example sentences of "[verb] up at the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , when the think-tank was wound up at the first Cabinet meeting after the 1983 general election , not a single minister spoke up in its defence . |
| 2 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 3 | Many give up at the first hurdle before discovering the eventual and significant rewards . ’ |
| 4 | No partnership has a guarantee of happiness , and if you give up at the first hint of discord you 'll never find the rewards a mature and honest relationship can bring . |
| 5 | There is a particularly cold-blooded tycoon lurking in Coopers & Lybrand 's head office — Ian Brummer , a ‘ ruthless ’ computer manager , cleaned up at the first City Monopoly Challenge , virtually bankrupting everyone else in sight . |
| 6 | Wycliffe looked up at the first tier of planks ; the shot must have been fired from up there . |
| 7 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 8 | I got out of bed and sat in my pyjama trousers and wrote a letter , quite a long letter , which I tore up at the first re-reading . |