Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 Orientation can be a problem , however , so take it easy at first .
2 And I said I could n't make it out at first .
3 I did n't like it there at first — sometimes it was traumatic , sometimes it was boring — but I wanted help , especially with my drink problem .
4 That 's where I see her when I think of her , though she did n't take me there at first .
5 ‘ I could n't take it seriously at first because it seemed so ridiculous , but then you look in the statute book and realise the maximum penalty for this is seven years .
6 Testers ' comments : Pamela : ‘ It was a bit hard to understand how to put it on at first , but we were both very comfortable , and the baby did n't seem to droop down as sometimes happens . ’
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