Example sentences of "at the very first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sooner back than at the very first race of the 1982 season , at Kyalami , controversy broke out again . |
| 2 | ‘ At the very first sign of such an act … ’ |
| 3 | On her next outing Dawn Run came down at the very first fence at Liverpool , giving Jonjo O'Neill a terrible fall . |
| 4 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |
| 5 | At the very first meeting in the Tehran Hilton , renamed the Independence , one of the Iranians ( ’ a rug merchant ’ ) complained that the spare parts the Americans had brought were second-hand . |
| 6 | At the very first meeting in St Margaret 's Hope village hall they had asked for monetary pledges , at the second meeting in the local school they said it was time to call in those promises and start counting the cash . |