Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] at the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Lord Mayor 's Show came the dust cart and the ignominy of defeat at the first hurdle next year . |
| 2 | Later , when tempers had cooled , her father , Mirza Farkunda Zamal , had been awarded a pension by the penitent British authorities ; he was even given a seat of honour at the first Delhi Durbar in 1877 . |
| 3 | A man like Guy Sterne was n't likely to blurt out a confession of guilt at the first accusation , was he ? |
| 4 | The inadequate map suggested villages lay ahead so we stopped on a jut of land at the first hint of cultivation : another delectable bivvy site . |
| 5 | He bought a bottle of brandy at the first liquor store he found and he began to drink . |
| 6 | Full of fire at the first performance , he would be worn out and as cold as marble at the third . |
| 7 | I got in touch with my French and German colleagues who agreed to support a UK proposal to place the matter on the agenda when it was presented for approval at the first meeting . |
| 8 | Ten military officers , including Maj. Gideon Orkar , the apparent leader of the attempt , went on trial charged with treason at the first session of the military tribunal set up to deal with offenders on May 21 . |
| 9 | Much of the mutual enjoyment of the other sex is lost if the only end in view , for at least one of the two , is to get the other into bed at the first opportunity . |
| 10 | She did n't feel comfortable and safe with anybody but Angus : he had n't tried to push her into bed at the first opportunity . |
| 11 | I had to promise mum I 'd write to each of them , and apologise in person at the first possible opportunity , and also that I 'd stop off at Lochgair before I returned to Glasgow , to see dad . |
| 12 | The international flavour of our work was much in evidence at the first Johns Hopkins ' International Fellow Inthralenthropy Conference held in London in July . |
| 13 | There , Emerson made a superb start but got caught in traffic at the first left-hander . |
| 14 | And when you consider that it measures only 17mm in depth at the first fret , it 's the closest yet to an invisible neck , from a purely tactile point of view . |
| 15 | The question of forming an independent union had sharply divided delegates during the five days of debate , despite having been approved in principle at the first congress in June [ see p. 37617 ] . |
| 16 | Between March and July 1965 the Board looked in detail at the first six courses before it , conducted visits and pondered policy . |
| 17 | It was Buddy Melges , however , who steered in front at the first cross after the start , having been lifted into a handsome lead by the first shift , and stayed there . |
| 18 | The momentum of the swing forces you to turn your back on the opponent , who is waiting to counter-attack at the first opportunity . |
| 19 | These were probably one of the few things of mine not due to be on show at the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist later this morning . |
| 20 | Indeed , the terms of reference of the study , who will do what and the precise timetable for production of the report will be the major subjects for discussion at the first meeting . |
| 21 | Indeed , the terms of reference of the study , who will do what and the precise timetable for production of the report will be the major subjects for discussion at the first meeting . |
| 22 | I explained all that to Chatterton , but stressed that we would run for cover at the first sign of trouble . |
| 23 | The ‘ development theory ’ made it too easy to claim that a state 's interests were at stake at the first sign of legitimate criticism . |