Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knocking at the first door , he was greeted by a woman with a cigarette in her mouth , curlers in her hair and flour on her hands . |
| 2 | In looking at the first of these it must be recognized that no map , however detailed or carefully compiled , can perfectly represent the ‘ ground truth ’ , while in the second instance , the digitizing process merely serves to compound the errors present in the original map ( Poiker 1982 ; Blakemore 1984 ) . |
| 3 | This becomes clearer by looking at the first two stanzas . |
| 4 | you believe , well what are we looking at here , page seventy eight , it 's been produced by er for are we looking at the first brochure , or an updated version or what ? |
| 5 | We looking at the first meeting to make sure . |
| 6 | Let's see if we can refine those like us looking at the first two lines of the play . |
| 7 | Only those acting at the second and third stages have been described in the present chapter , but the most important agents for small mammal bone accumulations are those operating at the first stage of taphonomic modification . |
| 8 | Stanfords will be exhibiting at the first BBC Holiday Live leisure and travel show at Olympia from 26th to 31st January , where it will launch its overprinted Booksellers Association Travel ‘ 93 catalogue . |
| 9 | But immediately Jessie said to Agnes , ‘ I 'm going at the first opportunity , Bible or no Bible . ’ |
| 10 | She rubbed at her abused flesh , desperately grasping at the first straw to float into her mind . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , ’ said Donna , pointing at the first of the fuzzy figures . |
| 12 | Thus , where rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days a term of " seven years from 25 March " will be construed as beginning at the first moment of 25 March , so that the first payment of rent will fall due on the first day of the term and the last payment of rent would be made in respect of a complete quarter , which ends at the last moment of the term . |
| 13 | The end of the coding region is indicated by a U. Translation is shown initiating at the first methionine at nucleotide 76 . |
| 14 | Tap Newline , ( Shift+Enter ) , at the end of every line of a table starting at the first line of column headings , if any , and include any clear lines within a table ( eg the clear lines in the Table of Task 20 ) |
| 15 | Just by glancing at the first chapter of the book you feel a sort of ‘ zing ’ that brings them together , so much so that one could never rate one higher than the other . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm afraid water is all we have , ’ she muttered , clutching at the first diversion that occurred to her . |
| 17 | It remained in Australia until 1986 , when it was sent to her niece , Mrs Rita Coxall of Bishop 's Castle , for showing at the first Bishop 's Castle Railway Exhibition held at the High School on 18 April 1986 . |
| 18 | He was goggling at the First Spiritualists like a medieval alchemist who has just raised the Devil . |
| 19 | The Conductor , in his grey suit with gold bars of long service on his left sleeve , was sitting at the first table past the kitchen , finishing his lunch . |
| 20 | For the rest , Friday turned out to be a bad day at Blackrock with Graham losing twice and McHugh and the Clarendon triple skipped by Mark Shannon all falling at the first hurdle . |
| 21 | You do n't want to be falling at the first . ’ |
| 22 | The whole procedure is initiated by a demand for data arising at the first site . |
| 23 | It starts pattern knitting at the first point cam . |
| 24 | After early bumping at the first bend , Clydal found himself in arrears and Pilot Error made the early running from Stormhill , who quickly took control down the far side and looked set to win . |
| 25 | J.S. When someone who has cancer is finally dying , that 's one thing , but many families go into mourning at the first diagnosis as a form of disavowing their own pain and fears . |
| 26 | Sir Thomas Oliver , presiding at the first conference , remarked that : |