Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at the 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 | Some submissions were to clear the initial hurdles relatively quickly , even when they fell at the first one . |
26 | Drivers Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx were n't convinced by the car 's handling characteristics , so unconvinced they collided at the first corner . |
27 | He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |