Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | One of his compulsive gambits was to challenge everyone at the first meeting . |
| 2 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 3 | Fifty people ( the other thirty had disengaged themselves at the first mention of Dickens ) were now taking tea in the gardens of the Albion Hotel under the shelter of parasols . |
| 4 | Whatever the General may consider best , I will destroy you at the first available opportunity . ’ |
| 5 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 6 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
| 7 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 8 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 9 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
| 11 | He touched a lump of rotting offal and , scooping it up , throwing it at the first assassin now tripping towards him . |
| 12 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |