Example sentences of "[pron] first [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was ten years old I was taken by my parents to see my first play at the Royal Theatre . |
| 2 | During my first year at the Boys ' School in 1922 , Bonfire Night was held on a Saturday ; November 5th falling on a Sunday that year . |
| 3 | ‘ My first year at the club was tough when we were down the bottom of Division Two , but this is the biggest challenge I 've faced . |
| 4 | It was the latter who inspired me on my first day at the tech . |
| 5 | On my first day at the Istituto Tecnico Macedonio Melloni , which was about twenty minutes ' walk from where the tram stopped , all the new pupils were being greeted at the top of a large staircase by the headmaster , a rather forbidding figure who had a white beard and gold-rimmed spectacles , and was dressed in a black suit . |
| 6 | On my first day at the university I met my teacher , Professor Waldman , who was one of the greatest scientists in the world . |
| 7 | I met him on my first day at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1965 . |
| 8 | By my first weekend at the Centre I was that very dangerous creature , one worse than a missionary , a convert . |
| 9 | I was just about to say something like " What 's the idea of all those tricks you play on me ? " when I took my first look at the dog and everything else fled from my mind . |
| 10 | My first book at the Foundation was on Eritrea . |
| 11 | During my first round at the Masters I four-putted the second green and a member of the gallery shouted ‘ welcome to Augusta ’ . |
| 12 | My First Time at the SCG ( Colin Buchanan ) and Radio Days ( The Kanes ) are brand new . |
| 13 | I gave my first concert at the age of nine , and people were very kind . |
| 14 | Shortly before the expiration of my first term at the Housing Corporation in 1976 , I was asked to see Tony Crosland , then the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't want to stop during the race because it was my first attempt at the 400 metres hurdles and I wanted to get into the junior rankings , ’ she said . |
| 16 | It is my first appearance at the dispatch box in my new role , and it could not be a better issue . |
| 17 | And so , an indulgent round of reminiscences from some of the current crew about Their First Day At The NME — the expectations , the illusions , the public school waggery from the older boys … |
| 18 | A similar message was given by Trevor Pedley from Dudley whose wife Christine gave birth to their first child at the weekend . |
| 19 | Aldershot 's defence were as square and ragged as a new intake of squaddies having their first stab at the right dress , the gifts they distributed coming like manna from heaven to a team who had managed just two goals in their first nine games . |
| 20 | All the girls were presented with black kittens in their first term at the academy and these were trained to ride on the back of their broomsticks . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't do such a thing — unlike some people around here , ’ she added under her breath , referring to the time when Mildred had accidently changed Ethel into a pig during their first term at the school . |
| 22 | The school operates a fairly strict assessment policy which requires subject teachers to give each pupil attainment grades at the end of their first term at the school , this is used to place the pupil in either high or mixed ability groups . |
| 23 | The scenes between Hilarion , Giselle , Albrecht and Bathilde are reminiscent of the scenes that develop Tybalt 's hatred of Romeo from the first fight between Montague and Capulet to his discovery of Romeo with Juliet after their first meeting at the ball , and finally to the fight that ends in Tybalt 's death . |
| 24 | Less than a week after their first meeting at the poetry reading , she found a message waiting for her , asking her to ring Clelia 's number , and she rang , and Clelia invited herself round to tea . |
| 25 | Lyle 's wife , Jolande , expects their first baby at the end of March , and the first British winner of the title in 1988 will almost certainly withdraw if she is late . |
| 26 | The three crews , all named after former Grand National winners , made their first attempt at the unsocial hour of eight in the morning . |
| 27 | Oxford United ladies are playing their first game at the Manor … kick-off is at two … next for us is rugby … this weekend Gloucester go to Wasps |
| 28 | Oxford United have their own ladies team this season … they 're in the first division of the National League and this week played their first game at the Manor ground … and the girls done well . |
| 29 | Denys Darlow is the founder of the Tilford Bach Festival and his Te Deum had its first performance at the Three Choirs Festival last year . |
| 30 | Mitsubishi 's challenger to the BMW 535i , the Sigma , goes on sale in the UK next March after receiving its first airing at the Paris motor show . |