Example sentences of "though [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to Emily , her mother was warm and welcoming , though at first sight she seemed lean and severe . |
| 2 | The letters had made her angry , though at first she had simply not been able to believe them . |
| 3 | They gathered themselves and began to walk , their steps light though at first a little unsure , until they became more used to the uneven pace . |
| 4 | The pressure was becoming too much for him , and though at first they had taken the challenge with both hands , and had almost made a joke of it , now the months of confinement and running , running and confinement , the eternal hiding , were beginning to take their toll of his spirit . |
| 5 | It was diagnosed eventually as congenital heart failure , though at first doctors thought it was liver failure , but it had also affected the lungs . |
| 6 | Do n't refuse any writing work that comes your way , even though at first it might not seem to coincide with what you want to write . |
| 7 | We also saw how closely related these two stitch formations really are , even though at first sight this may not appear to be true . |
| 8 | It fascinated me , though at first I could not tell why . |
| 9 | Owens was submissive in the extreme and , though at first adulated , he was later despised by more vociferous blacks . |
| 10 | Though at first sight these two demands seen strangely unrelated , they do in fact meet in the idea of God 's holiness . |
| 11 | Alice up North , back to her father 's territory though at first she did not see this . |
| 12 | And his face was lined , though at first she 'd thought him young . |
| 13 | And though at first he appeared shy and ill at ease , he rapidly became a favourite . |
| 14 | The change in the attitude to the appointment of barrister-politicians as judges is said to date from Lord Haldane 's Chancellorship ( 1912–15 ) when legal and professional qualifications became the criteria , though at first the change was not extended to the most senior appointments . |
| 15 | Though at first this is quite hard to do , it does come with constant practice . |
| 16 | That Molla Fenari was not unaffected by the upheaval caused by Timur is indicated by Asik Celebi who , in the biography of his own father , Sayyid Ali writes as follows : " In the interregnum [ caused by ] Timur Buhari ] Efendi , Molla Fenari and Sayyid Natta " [ Asik Celebi 's great-grandfather ] fell prisoner to Timur 's men ; and though at first they were afflicted with chains and fetters , they were later freed out of respect for the distinction of [ their ] status as seyyids and the distinction of [ their ] learning . " |
| 17 | But I have made her promise to teach me to cook a little even though at first she said she would n't think of it . ’ |
| 18 | Though at first , Pip could not bear to touch him , later on he takes great care of him and grows to love him which is shown by their holding hands at the trial of Magwitch and his visits to him as he is awaiting execution . |
| 19 | She had decided on making her career in industrial nursing after leaving general nursing , even though at first she had had reservations and wondered if she had made the right move . |