Sentence examples for for the first lap from inspiring English sources

In the 800m final at the Moscow Games, he led the pack for the first lap and eventually came fourth behind Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe.

Out of the gate, racing with four dogs for the first lap, Mr. Bernard ran a few steps and then jumped on, his dog pack providing ample power as he squatted and held on to handlebar grips.

Hoy and Jason Kenny are nailed-on, but the right man-one – a starter who can get close to 17sec for the first lap – has proved impossible to find since Jamie Staff's retirement.

THE birds were chirping, some dogs were being walked, and the joggers were just gathering steam as the sun rose over Lasker Pool at the top of Central Park, where at 7 a.m. one recent day, New York City Parks and Recreation officials opened the gates for the first lap swim of the summer.

England was a late replacement for Jenny Meadows, but impressed, following classic Holmes tactics – sitting at the back of the pack for the first lap before creeping up in the second – to finish fourth in a world-class time of 1 59.94.

"If you have the cars in front for the first lap, the race looks different.

In the Lightweight category, the SGS International/KMR Kawasaki machines of Keith Amor and Ryan Farquhar were fastest, circulating together for much of the second lap.

"I really went for it in the first lap and it's a dream to achieve my first TT win".

Press passed Thirkettle for first in turn one of the fifth lap.

But there was only the first lap for comparisons – by then she was off and away".

Setting out for the second lap was a different story.