Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] it at first " in BNC.

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1 Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables :
2 She could n't turn it at first ; she fumbled and wrenched and then made herself try again , without forcing .
3 Could n't help it at first , but we 've become friends .
4 I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months .
5 I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful .
6 I could n't believe it at first .
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