Example sentences of "[noun] think [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 A soft animal noise like gargling Dot thought at first must be Gloria 's breathing .
2 Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body .
3 Or so Tallis thought at first .
4 ‘ That 's what Ubaldo thought at first .
5 In appearance he was a tall and forbidding character , whom Cleo thought at first was rather too grim of face .
6 Cleo thought at first that the net would only drift right through the spirit , but it swiftly formed a sparkling ball round its prey , and Apanage lost no time in drawing the opening of the silk tightly together .
7 Abbott thought at first that Cambridge was bound to win .
8 Jacob thought at first , perhaps , that he was wrestling with a brother intent on killing him and getting his revenge .
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