Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again he blasted out at the first attempt , reeling back amid a cloud of sand and covering his eyes . |
| 2 | Make sure you get a copy of the initial ( and any supplementary ) reading list(s) handed out at the first meeting with your class teachers . |
| 3 | I walked in at the first door I saw . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | Wycliffe looked up at the first tier of planks ; the shot must have been fired from up there . |
| 8 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |