Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] at the first " in BNC.

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1 The Kurd , whom she had expected to flee at the first shaking of the ground , was staying with them .
2 The lift came to rest at the first floor and the door slid open .
3 So this was quite a mission which I believe has not been adequately covered in the history and was a forerunner of things to come and like I say we got through that mission without any damage , our gunners got to shoot at the first German fighters and we were an experienced crew with one mission under our belt .
4 The end of the coding region is indicated by a U. Translation is shown initiating at the first methionine at nucleotide 76 .
5 I think we should have said at the first the very first lesson , they just ploughed straight into did n't they ?
6 And she would have to smile at the first question and say , ‘ Oh , no , no , of course lot .
7 ‘ Then we 'll just have to stop at the first one , ’ Isabel declared .
8 I think Stan if he 'd looked at that situation again would probably have wanted to go at the first defender an and gone and gone up the left side .
9 Eleanor Coade had the royal appointment to George III , for whom she made the Gothic screen at St George 's chapel , Windsor , and to the prince of Wales , for whom , successively as prince regent and George IV , she did work at the first Royal Pavilion , Brighton , and Carlton House .
10 I think this whole thing of racing off to get divorced at the first snag you hit seems pathetic . ’
11 Conversely , if the rent is payable quarterly in arrear the term will be taken to begin at the first moment of 26 March , so that the last payment of rent will fall due on the last day of the term rather than the day after its expiry by effluxion of time .
12 I stayed for a while about twenty paces away from the platform barrier , numbed by the realization that I had fallen at the first hurdle .
13 She had looked at the first lines but now she was n't reading any of it .
14 Lynch , who fell on Barney Maclyvie at the first 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have been told that a lot of good jockeys have fallen at the first fence in their first ride in the National and then gone on to win the race next time .
15 The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact .
16 The gunners had been ordered to aim at the first two vessels , and at a bare two hundred yards ' range they could scarcely miss .
17 In spite of the weather conditions 50 bands , travelled to compete at the first outdoor competition of the new season .
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