Sentence examples for first night of action from inspiring English sources
Photograph: Tom Jenkins Click here to see Tom Jenkins's pictures from the first night of action in the Velodrome Updated at 11.22pm BST 8.43pm BST Russia's Aliya Mustafina warms up before competing in the balance beam.
On the first night of action in this season's competition, five of the eight matches ended in shellackings of 3-0 or worse, although it should be noted that the Italian champions and last year's finalists Juventus were on the wrong end of one of those hidings and can hardly be considered cannon fodder.
We're about to get underway here at Capital One Arena and while the Capitals won all four of their meetings against the Hurricanes in the regular season, the first night of NHL playoff action showed how little that means for the playoffs.
During the first night of the battle, the garrison at Malakand North had not seen much action despite being in the more exposed position, and had spent much of the night firing flares and manoeuvring artillery units.
Before the first night of the Royal Opera's new production of Der Rosenkavalier, much was made of the fact that it updated the action of Strauss and Hofmannsthal's rococo comedy to the time of its composition in 1911.
Nocturnal sleep on the first night of bed rest was monitored by polysomnography.
NEW HAVEN Shubert Theater First Night of Funny, stand-up.
