Example sentences of "[vb past] at the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs . |
| 2 | We stopped at the first bar we came to and walked inside , to where Johnson and Fleming , two English legionnaires , were drinking . |
| 3 | We sailed at the first light of day . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As we saw earlier the successful candidates are those who can muster a quota of votes , the same for all of them however great the disparity in the number of votes they respectively received at the first count . |
| 6 | Both dogs were in action at Brough Park last week , with Fortunate Man justifying odds of 2–5 by winning the £2,000 Tyneside St Leger over 670 metres and the Irish-owned Bodies Lisa winning a £100 open over 825 metres after being seriously hampered at the first bend . |
| 7 | As for myself , I arrived at the first weekend in a state of high evangelism that must have bored everyone I met . |
| 8 | Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin . |
| 9 | With a little moan of fear she scrambled out of the car and raced to the house to hammer on the door , but it opened at the first blow from her fist . |
| 10 | All telescopes and binoculars swivelled at the first shout of ‘ Merlin ! ’ and trained on the dashing raptor . |
| 11 | He began at the first line . |
| 12 | Sighing , Jack glanced at the first sheet . |
| 13 | He landed at the first aerodrome he saw . |
| 14 | Discussions on these and other subjects , which started at the first consultation two years ago , will be developed further next August at the Third Indonesian Consultation on Theology and Communication . |
| 15 | In 1983 the jockey would found the Bob Champion Cancer Trust , and four years later Aldaniti himself ( who fell at the first fence in the 1982 National ) would play his part in the Trust 's fund-raising activities by undertaking a 250-mile charity walk from London to Liverpool , arriving at the course to massive acclaim on the day of the Grand National : among the riders who partnered the 1981 hero on his trek was the Princess Royal . |
| 16 | Lynch , who fell at the first fence on his only other Grand National ride in 1981 , had looked likely to miss the race after Auntie Dot , one of his regular mounts , had been promised to Mark Dwyer , who finished third on her in last year 's race . |
| 17 | Plan A almost fell at the first fence as Trippy and the rest of the squat seemed to have been having an end-of-season sale in Trippy 's medicine chest . |
| 18 | He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it . |
| 19 | Reynolds looked at the first page of the notes . |
| 20 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 21 | Nearly a third of the principal carers complained at the first interview about the adverse effects of looking after the dementia sufferer upon their own physical or mental health . |
| 22 | I personally led a vigorous campaign to get Niblet removed at the first opportunity . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt . |
| 25 | Er she 'd just recently died an old lady named Mrs , lived at the first house . |
| 26 | Karl paused at the first block and then started back , looking truly astonished . |
| 27 | The commission 's chair , Peter Tucker , said at the first session on Nov. 13 that it would consider the issue of single- or multiparty forms of government . |
| 28 | Melanie thought they did and froze at the first breath of pity , summoning all her resources to act coolly . |
| 29 | Drivers Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx were n't convinced by the car 's handling characteristics , so unconvinced they collided at the first corner . |
| 30 | 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 . |