Example sentences of "and at the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And at the first sign of her doing so you must be ready to praise her .
2 Such was my astonishment that I stopped kicking the offending mouse and at the first opportunity went to look at the hedgerow .
3 The DTI — the Department of Trade and Industry — started to check up on one or two deals and at the first whiff of them he was away on his toes .
4 In 1883 the Kilarrow Free Church congregation formed a Total Abstinence Society and at the first meeting in January 35 people signed the pledge .
5 In 1883 the Kilarrow Free Church congregation formed a Total Abstinence Society and at the first meeting in January 35 people signed the pledge .
6 Economic growth had slowed from 12 per cent in 1988 to 6.5 per cent in 1989 , and at the first meeting of the new Cabinet on March 20 Roh suggested that the country 's current economic difficulties were the government 's chief priority .
7 After being defeated by Botvinnik on a number of occasions — notably at the great Avro Tournament of 1938 and at the first post war tournament held to find a successor to the late Alekhine — he finally got his revenge with a triumphal victory over the Soviet champion in the USSR .
8 But he took a more positive stance in the third and at the first hint of resistance Newton 's temper began to rise .
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