Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] on [art] first " in BNC.

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1 The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood .
2 Rich raw smells of tar , rotting excrement , spices and brine rose up along with the sight of ship masts , looped sails , small boats beached on the first mud of the receding tide , sailors in striped breeches and greasy caps leaning on the wooden railings , others arm in arm on their way to the taverns , piled kegs and crates , winches , the last of the horsedrawn sleds and — a gathering knot of people beyond a bonded warehouse .
3 Stock boats came on the first day , they start coming away in May .
4 The revelations emerged on the first day of the World Indoor Championships in Toronto , representing the worst possible news for beleaguered international athletics officials coming hot on the heels of the repeat Ben Johnson scandal .
5 Our problems started on the first pitch .
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