Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Whatever the General may consider best , I will destroy you at the first available opportunity . ’ |
| 3 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 7 | He touched a lump of rotting offal and , scooping it up , throwing it at the first assassin now tripping towards him . |
| 8 | 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 . |