Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] at the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked in at the first door I saw . |
| 2 | Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene . |
| 3 | I looked back at the first . |
| 4 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 5 | I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Most people who use the train regularly know everyone who gets on at the first few stops . |
| 9 | No wonder the ‘ troops on the ground ’ are cynical , for they know ‘ real work ’ is for young officers and is something to leave behind at the first opportunity ! |
| 10 | We bore right at the first gate — the left track leads up to a farmhouse — and later , along a grassy track with pine forest on the left , right again , where a dry stone wall creates a Y-junction . |
| 11 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 12 | Once again he blasted out at the first attempt , reeling back amid a cloud of sand and covering his eyes . |
| 13 | He shot straight at the first one , who fell back into the trench , but by then he could only watch the other three take aim . |