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

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1 I had to promise mum I 'd write to each of them , and apologise in person at the first possible opportunity , and also that I 'd stop off at Lochgair before I returned to Glasgow , to see dad .
2 The international flavour of our work was much in evidence at the first Johns Hopkins ' International Fellow Inthralenthropy Conference held in London in July .
3 There , Emerson made a superb start but got caught in traffic at the first left-hander .
4 And when you consider that it measures only 17mm in depth at the first fret , it 's the closest yet to an invisible neck , from a purely tactile point of view .
5 The question of forming an independent union had sharply divided delegates during the five days of debate , despite having been approved in principle at the first congress in June [ see p. 37617 ] .
6 Between March and July 1965 the Board looked in detail at the first six courses before it , conducted visits and pondered policy .
7 It was Buddy Melges , however , who steered in front at the first cross after the start , having been lifted into a handsome lead by the first shift , and stayed there .
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