Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [pos pn] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roughs , based on my general knowledge of the subject , were presented at my first meeting with the ‘ team ’ and accepted in principle . |
| 2 | He had been defeated at his first attempt in 1685 , and in 1689 petitioned the Commons against Tory violence at the hustings . |
| 3 | THE legendary ( but subtly different ) charms of Bill Clinton and John Major will have been fully taxed at their first official meeting in Washington yesterday . |
| 4 | ‘ Stop messing about , ’ Rosie had said at his first attempt . |
| 5 | Do n't be surprised if you retain no more than half of what is said at your first lectures . |
| 6 | I had become quite skilled with harees , that glutinous porridge of lamb and cracked wheat which I had met at my first meal bedu style . |
| 7 | some youngsters have died at their first sniffing session |
| 8 | Thus the BDDA in the only resolution passed at its first Congress strongly affirmed its faith in the combined system as the best method of deaf education . |
| 9 | Taken at its first test session at Michelin 's Clermont Ferrand test track , they show the car still under heavy disguise but revealing some of the characteristics that should give it a place among the great supercars . |
| 10 | Its aim , outlined at its first meeting on 17 December 1940 , was ‘ to agree on the Railway Shops and how much reserve capacity could be allowed to the various Supply Departments . ’ |
| 11 | Visible ideas are signs and indications of tangible ideas , and have a constant and universal connection with them which was ‘ learnt at our first entrance into the world ; and ever since , almost every moment of our lives , it has been occurring to our thoughts , and fastening and striking deeper on our minds . ’ |