Sentence examples of "first past the post" in English
In the past the world was thought to be flat.
In der Vergangenheit dachte man, die Erde sei eine Scheibe.
When the thing was sent into the post office, the goods were lost due to the mistake of the post office.
Als die Sache im Postamt aufgegeben wurde, gingen die Güter verloren durch den Fehler des Postamts.
The post office is a few minutes' walk from here.
Die Post ist einen kurzen Fußmarsch von hier entfernt.
He was kind enough to show me the post office.
Er war so freundlich, mir den Weg bis zur Post zu zeigen.
I am going to inform the post office of the change of my address.
Ich werde das Postamt von meiner Adressänderung informieren.
I keep a good supply of stamps to save trips to the post office.
Ich habe einen guten Vorrat an Briefmarken, um Wege in das Postamt zu sparen.
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