Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at [art] first " in BNC.

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1 It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket .
2 I look at the first enjoyed it
3 As for myself , I arrived at the first weekend in a state of high evangelism that must have bored everyone I met .
4 Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home .
5 This is not to say that I will desert the club I love at the first opportunity .
6 What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity .
7 Now if you look at the first four figures there , does anybody want to have a guess at what those first four figures mean ?
8 Now can I er also suggest to you that in discussing this one outstanding item of the housing land allocations , we pursue virtually the same sort of approach that we did yesterday , er and in fact if you look at what is set down under matter One D for discussion , it says is the provision proposed for the Greater York area including the new settlement appropriate etcetera , and in fact when you look at the first item for discussion under the Greater York new settlement issue , we come straight into , does Greater York new settlement represent an appropriate and justified policy response , etcetera .
9 If you look at the first page of the appendix B , er the outer route was was called was the blue route so if you look down
10 If you look at the first it might help you to decide whether you like
11 The professors with Middle-European names spend their lives working out what the great inner secret is , that thing you feel at the first glance .
12 follow the detailed reasoning or argument ; 2. note what you missed at the first reading ; 3. if you own the book , you may mark key points ; and 4. if you do n't own the book , note key points .
13 The notice to the creditors must state a time and date , not more than four days before the meeting , by when the creditors must lodge their proofs of debt ( Form 6.37 in Sched 4 to the rules , see App C , form 34 ) and , if applicable , proxies , in order to entitle them to vote at the first meeting ( r 6.79(4) ) .
14 As Dr Reading told BBC WILDLIFE : ‘ We met at the first World Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury in 1989 , and subsequently arranged to co-ordinate the two projects . ’
15 We stopped at the first bar we came to and walked inside , to where Johnson and Fleming , two English legionnaires , were drinking .
16 We sailed at the first light of day .
17 you believe , well what are we looking at here , page seventy eight , it 's been produced by er for are we looking at the first brochure , or an updated version or what ?
18 We looking at the first meeting to make sure .
19 There are a couple of false summits on Schiehallion , and by the time we arrived at the first , the beginnings of a blizzard were forming .
20 On the way in we look at the first five tables — if we do n't spot anyone , if we do n't get told about anything happening , we politely disappear after 20 minutes or so . ’
21 Now if we look at the first of these in terms of structure we can see that it can be defined as a dramatic exercise , fulfilling the principal requisite of exercise as outlined in Chapter Three — a commitment to a short-term task .
22 Now , if we look at the first example , we 've got a single male client , aged thirty four next birthday .
23 Before midday we arrive at the first village and are met by the Mukhtar , Hadji Hanna .
24 When we study the planned towns of England , we arrive at the first , and obvious , conclusion that to make a planned town required the absolute ownership of the site by one man or corporation .
25 She had told me how they met at a First Spiritualist Church ‘ Convert the Heathen ’ session outside the Anglican church in putney .
26 Some submissions were to clear the initial hurdles relatively quickly , even when they fell at the first one .
27 Drivers Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx were n't convinced by the car 's handling characteristics , so unconvinced they collided at the first corner .
28 He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs .
29 In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question .
30 Sherek recalled how nervous and agitated he seemed at the first reading with the actors — just as he had been when he had first shown the play to Sherek .
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