Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [verb] [prep] first [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't answer at first and there was something about the quality of his silence that caused a flicker of fear to touch her heart . |
| 2 | Carmella did n't react at first but then she looked up and saw who it was . |
| 3 | She says she did n't notice at first but her arm began to swell up later . |
| 4 | He did n't mind at first but when he kept bumping into sculptures of boats , animals or castles he became more and more frustrated . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 6 | It did n't work at first because people forgot and then there were the tourists who came in and did n't know the seating arrangements . |