Example sentences of "have [verb] at [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | And she would have to smile at the first question and say , ‘ Oh , no , no , of course lot . |
2 | I stayed for a while about twenty paces away from the platform barrier , numbed by the realization that I had fallen at the first hurdle . |
3 | She had looked at the first lines but now she was n't reading any of it . |
4 | They had arrived at a first floor landing . |
5 | Lynch , who fell on Barney Maclyvie at the first 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have been told that a lot of good jockeys have fallen at the first fence in their first ride in the National and then gone on to win the race next time . |