Example sentences of "at [noun prp] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his time the year was usually indicated by the name of an official , for example at Athens the first archon and at Sparta the first ephor . |
| 2 | Back at Heumensoord the first casualties arrived . |
| 3 | At Sokolnitz the first shots were fired about seven o'clock the bombardment continuing for almost an hour . |
| 4 | A Dunbartonshire gentleman attached to the Duke of Montrose became involved in what he described as ‘ a foolish ploy [ which ] happened at Glasgow the first day at the Circuit held ther with some of our friends & Barrowfields , wher we were all fyned ’ . |
| 5 | In the summer of 1306 there took place at Montreuil the first of a series of meetings ( ‘ processes ’ ) between French and English representatives to try to work out the legal position of the lands held by the English in Aquitaine . |
| 6 | In his time the year was usually indicated by the name of an official , for example at Athens the first archon and at Sparta the first ephor . |
| 7 | At Quebec the first CPR station was a simple two-storey affair with crow-stepped gables . |
| 8 | He did nt have THAT at Leeds the first time round . |