Example sentences of "of [noun sg] at [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Lord Mayor 's Show came the dust cart and the ignominy of defeat at the first hurdle next year . |
| 2 | Later , when tempers had cooled , her father , Mirza Farkunda Zamal , had been awarded a pension by the penitent British authorities ; he was even given a seat of honour at the first Delhi Durbar in 1877 . |
| 3 | A man like Guy Sterne was n't likely to blurt out a confession of guilt at the first accusation , was he ? |
| 4 | The inadequate map suggested villages lay ahead so we stopped on a jut of land at the first hint of cultivation : another delectable bivvy site . |
| 5 | He bought a bottle of brandy at the first liquor store he found and he began to drink . |
| 6 | Full of fire at the first performance , he would be worn out and as cold as marble at the third . |