Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [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 | Once again he blasted out at the first attempt , reeling back amid a cloud of sand and covering his eyes . |
8 | 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 . |