Example sentences of "have [verb] at [art] first [noun] " in BNC.

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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 .
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