Example sentences of "be at [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Branson was as awed as anyone could expect to be at the first sight of their own Jumbo Jet .
2 Naturally , I wanted Mum to be at the first night , and Dad too .
3 Taking the early batches of eggs or fry away may interfere with the parents ' ability to raise later batches , so I leave a few batches with a new pair until they get the knack , which may not be at the first attempt .
4 Thucydides writes with feeling : he complains in his own person in book v ( 68 ) of the secrecy with which the Spartans conduct their affairs , which meant that no one knew how many Spartans there were at the first battle of Mantinea in 418 .
5 The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances .
6 The fire brigade which was at the first blaze about 100 yards away extinguished the second fire in a short time .
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