Example sentences of "he [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | The return to gold was Churchill 's decision , even though , within the Treasury , he at first was hard to convince . |
| 32 | When Henry , who had not been present at the death-bed , arrived for the funeral , he at first refused to take the oath but eventually , confronted by his father 's decomposing body , he agreed to do so . |
| 33 | Looking around the stable he at first failed to see Seb , until he looked upwards . |