Example sentences of "first [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sara ( Brinkley Dream Come True to Palamine ) was the first to win at the world famous show when , in the 1986 , she was judged best the in the Post Graduate class . |
| 2 | To understand it , we need first to look at the development of Nietzsche 's inner life : the particular temperament and range of interests without which the controversial book would never have been written at all . |
| 3 | On the night of 30 January they were not to reach this sought-after retreat without problems , for they had first to call at the Palace of Saint Cloud itself where on arrival they found the entire Imperial Household drawn up to receive them and , equally clearly , determined to stay to dinner . |
| 4 | Two ambulancemen , Mr Alan Woods and Mr Rob Lloyd of Putney Ambulance Station , who were among the first to arrive at the scene of the disaster a year ago , watched the morning trains speed by . |
| 5 | Loretta was the first to arrive at the restaurant . |
| 6 | Male cotton leafworm moths fare better , because the first to arrive at the female releases a scent which acts as a jamming signal on its competitors . |