Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] had [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wound was not as serious as it had at first seemed , but the bone was broken . |
| 2 | The most important lesson to be learnt from the fossil discoveries of the 1840s and 1850s was that the history of life was far more complex than anyone had at first realized . |
| 3 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |
| 4 | Derek Hampson , assistant manager of the RSPCA home , said : ‘ The dog was much older than we had at first been informed and he was very sick . |
| 5 | Looking at her more closely , he realized she was much older than he had at first thought . |
| 6 | And yet between these two , from what has been said and written and recollected by both , an intense and governing bond grew up unlikely though it had at first seemed . |
| 7 | Alone with Damian Flint Rachel found him even more formidable than he had at first appeared . |