Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] at the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 2 | Searching may thus cease at the first level or spread down and out , through the analysis of the primitives or entity geometry , into a fine check of a region of local geometry . |
| 3 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 4 | A true visionary would n't crumple at the first sign of opposition , would take all this in her stride . |
| 5 | He ought therefore to disappear at the first opportunity , especially since the purpose of his stay , that of meeting Katja Müller , appeared to have lost its point … |