Example sentences of "[vb past] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tokyo : Prices rose at first after the ruling Liberal Democratic party 's by-election victory but drifted later to close mixed , with the Nikkei average 13.79 points lower at 35,622.97 . |
| 2 | The Magyars behaved at first as Asiatic nomads are supposed to , by ravaging across Germany . |
| 3 | George and the twins dared not venture near it except in the broadest of daylight and even then they usually fled at first sight of it . |
| 4 | They probably do improve the services to the people on the estates ; they do hurry along their repairs , which I think you mentioned at first , Bill , but we 've still retained a central department . |
| 5 | These qualities were already present to a degree in certain early works , such as the Forfar town hall and the contemporary Kirriemuir church , while at Melville the somewhat perfunctory detail in the castellated style is accompanied by other features reminiscent of the work of Sir John Soane [ q.v. ] ; but his style developed rapidly after his Parisian visit of 1787 , when he doubtless encountered at first hand the revolutionary architecture of E.-L . |
| 6 | ‘ I encountered at first hand the sufferings of un-dernourished children and out-of-work ironstone miners and their impoverished families , ’ he writes . |
| 7 | The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself . |
| 8 | She tried at first to do so in a properly genteel way , nibbling daintily . |
| 9 | Isobel objected at first . |
| 10 | Their husbands objected at first , but soon stopped when the money started coming in and anyway a quarter of the women were on their own , who had been abandoned or divorced . |
| 11 | Agrippa , although he objected at first , reluctantly consented to write out the warrants and disburse the necessary silver for our journeys . |
| 12 | I believe some of them visited at first , but it gradually dwindled — even Sonia and Paul Mason , whom she was very friendly with , stopped visiting . |
| 13 | The detective who found the money believed at first the notes must be forgeries . |
| 14 | There is a certain Hubris in life , and by this word , the Greeks denoted a form of retribution so that in the end those who were very fortunate should suffer and those who suffered at first would receive succour . |
| 15 | I messed at first with Harry Phillimore , who was to become a lifelong friend . |
| 16 | He 'd at first said , ‘ wild flowers ’ , but I reminded him of what had happened at Caroline 's wedding . |
| 17 | He was pale and composed at first , his features rigidly set . |
| 18 | The central part of the island seemed at first to belong to another and less dramatic world . |
| 19 | The formality of the dining-room furnishings seemed at first to change his mood from ease to starch , but it appeared to me after a short while that he was troubled rather by indecision as to which side I was now on , them or us . |
| 20 | It seemed at first that Hepworth , too , might make a telling contribution when he began with three maidens , in the course of which he comprehensively bowled Pearson . |
| 21 | This confirmed an earlier decision : as a general principle , we would not try to collect only those trees that seemed at first sight to be superior . |
| 22 | But when Felicity arrived , three days later , it seemed at first glance as if she had lost every atom of her old charm . |
| 23 | Curtis ' incipiently multiracial ideas seemed at first rather startling to some other members of the Round . |
| 24 | He seemed at first to be hyper-critical — if not disbelieving . |
| 25 | It seemed at first sight to be a chaos of struggling men and horses , a wild mêlée ; but soon it became apparent to the newcomers that it was in fact more like a whirlpool of activity , with the ambushed English , above whom the royal standard wavered uncertainly , in the centre , whilst their more numerous attackers circled round them , smiting and thrusting but apparently making only moderate impact . |
| 26 | Sitting together on a settee as they faced hostile questioning , Bill Clinton seemed at first to be struggling as he was tackled over the Flowers affair . |
| 27 | All we are left with in this critic 's eyes is the drama of one simple and honourable man created by what seemed at first a ‘ carefully studied impersonation ’ but what became a very moving performance by Muni . |
| 28 | Her marriage in 1137 to the heir to the French throne seemed at first to be an ideal match . |
| 29 | It seemed at first glance that Louise was wearing a turban ; she had saved her day 's ration of flour and had made a poultice of it for a boil which had erupted on her temple ; her other boils seemed to be growing slightly better . |
| 30 | The new President , the inexperienced but determined Harry Truman , seemed at first to take a tougher line with the Soviets . |