Example sentences of "[noun sg] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the cash poured in , and Sam became the nation 's number one pin-up , her 48-year-old father was her biggest fan at first , then her manager . |
| 2 | Squadron 's ordered to transfer to the field at Achiet with all speed at first light . ’ |
| 3 | On Charles Lyell 's side at first there was none of similar stature , though one might mention the great Goethe in Germany who was a keen amateur geologist and liked the gradual peaceful processes preached by the uniformitarians . |
| 4 | She turned with an automatic movement and began to walk , swaying from side to side at first , but gradually gaining a more regular rhythm . |
| 5 | Swindon Town 's disappointing start to the season has taken another turn for the worse with a cup defeat at first division Portsmouth … |
| 6 | Roberts finished with 10 for 123 , and then watched his colleagues make little attempt at first to get the runs . |
| 7 | A fountain of blood at first pours from his chest , but soon subsides to become a steady trickle . |
| 8 | The injured pilot was airlifted to safety but deadly gases from bubbling molten lava at first forced the 12 rescuers to abandon their search for the rest of crew . |
| 9 | Soon you can graduate to using a rope tow to save the considerable effort of sidestepping up the slope , then ski down , stopping in a snow plough at first , then adding simple turns . |
| 10 | The retreat was a time for fear at first , and self-scrutiny . |
| 11 | Hendry then experienced fear at first hand one night when he took his dog for it 's nightly walk on the beach near his apartment in South Queensferry . |
| 12 | For Albie , apparently , dealing was just a sideline at first . |
| 13 | I tend to keep a tight rein at first , and gradually relax as I get to know them . |
| 14 | ‘ We did n't tell you because it was n't serious , ’ Damian said , ‘ just a mild flutter at first , nothing too unusual in a man of his age . ’ |
| 15 | If controlled breathing through your nose is not natural to you , it takes practice and concentration at first but it will soon become second nature — and you will feel better for it . |
| 16 | He would be living in college at first — Emmanuel was his own college — but he would like , he said , to find a place of his own , preferably outside the town . |
| 17 | To comprehend all that was involved here , one must experience the full force of tragedy at first hand ; and here Act III of Tristan can be pointed to as a prime specimen of tragic art . |
| 18 | Iron founding soon became their main interest , with the railway boom at first providing a rapidly expanding market . |
| 19 | Today he had seen violence at first hand . |
| 20 | So it was Biff , brandishing The Gaffer , who strode into the girls ' dormitory at first light . |
| 21 | Flesh against flesh , just giving comfort and pleasure at first . |
| 22 | His enemies refused him Christian burial at first , but he was later interred in his grandfather 's kirk at Birsay . |
| 23 | If you can afford to buy only one essence at first , choose a herbal one such as lavender or rosemary ( preferably organic ) . |
| 24 | It all happened so quickly that Shepherd at first gave Miandad out . |
| 25 | He said Unprofor would send bulldozers and six dumper trucks loaded with gravel at first light today to plug the hole and clear the road . |
| 26 | We followed the tracks of our parents " Ruff-stuff at first — the wide , deep tracks of its go-anywhere wheels . |
| 27 | There may also be a hard , dry , spasmodic cough at first . |
| 28 | June 's parents were n't too pleased at the marriage at first , but they accept it now , as the couple seem so suited . ’ |
| 29 | Leith shared many a cup of coffee with Rosemary after that , and although Rosemary seemed reluctant to talk of her marriage at first , it gradually emerged that Derek Talbot was a womaniser who 'd treated his wife shamefully . |
| 30 | These were seen by teachers and some parents to be a dangerous and decadent influence at first . |