Example sentences of "the first [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first occurs at the transition from the institution to independence , when the girls were often in need of help and about to launch themselves on a course in life from which it might be hard to turn back . |
| 2 | Two ambulancemen , Mr Alan Woods and Mr Rob Lloyd of Putney Ambulance Station , who were among the first to arrive at the scene of the disaster a year ago , watched the morning trains speed by . |
| 3 | Male cotton leafworm moths fare better , because the first to arrive at the female releases a scent which acts as a jamming signal on its competitors . |
| 4 | Loretta was the first to arrive at the restaurant . |
| 5 | Sara ( Brinkley Dream Come True to Palamine ) was the first to win at the world famous show when , in the 1986 , she was judged best the in the Post Graduate class . |