Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again he blasted out at the first attempt , reeling back amid a cloud of sand and covering his eyes . |
| 2 | Over 60 turned up at the first two sessions at the town 's Southlands Centre . |
| 3 | Make sure you get a copy of the initial ( and any supplementary ) reading list(s) handed out at the first meeting with your class teachers . |
| 4 | I walked in at the first door I saw . |
| 5 | Even in that jungly light I see something does n't add up : can a corpse have half a nose and two fingers busted off at the first joint ? |
| 6 | Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene . |
| 7 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 8 | I took off at the first light and made the rendezvous as planned and found the fighters had just become airborne . |
| 9 | There is a particularly cold-blooded tycoon lurking in Coopers & Lybrand 's head office — Ian Brummer , a ‘ ruthless ’ computer manager , cleaned up at the first City Monopoly Challenge , virtually bankrupting everyone else in sight . |
| 10 | Wycliffe looked up at the first tier of planks ; the shot must have been fired from up there . |
| 11 | I looked back at the first . |
| 12 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 13 | I got out of bed and sat in my pyjama trousers and wrote a letter , quite a long letter , which I tore up at the first re-reading . |
| 14 | He shot straight at the first one , who fell back into the trench , but by then he could only watch the other three take aim . |
| 15 | ‘ Once or twice , ’ she admitted , as her next bowl ran straight at the first , making contact with a gentle ‘ klok ’ . |
| 16 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |