Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] at the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gosport was found to be ‘ virtually without defence , protected on the landward side only by an ill-maintained entrenchment … which would fall at the first assault ’ , while the Isle of Wight contained so few troops , so thinly scattered , that it was bound to succumb to a determined attack . |
| 2 | She would leave at the first opportunity , and never again would she listen to the reckless promptings of her heart . |
| 3 | Next week we start the second part of the course , our erm , our key as it were and we 'll look at the first one with er . |
| 4 | They will wither at the first frosts anyway , if they come ; and if they do n't … |
| 5 | Their relationship was n't built on solid foundations , so it was hardly surprising , was it , that it should collapse at the first sign of trouble ? |
| 6 | Lawrence Woodward , director of Elm Farm Research Centre , a small newly formed charity set up to research and develop organic agriculture , wrote to Prince Charles asking if he would speak at the first organic food conference to be held in Cirencester in January 1983 . |