Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since statistics rarely mean what they appear to at first glance , we should , however , look at these figures with caution . |
| 2 | And when he began to have the confidence to talk to us , he would have long discussions with people about films which he had never actually seen , but which he could pretend to have seen , since he made a point of reading all the reviews of the new films and musicals when he found out that that was what people liked to talk about on first meetings . |
| 3 | At the end of the first month of the 1916–17 season City reached new goal-scoring heights , showing a ‘ superiority over the opposition to an extent seldom met with in first class football ’ ( Yorkshire Evening News ) . |
| 4 | she 's one of them people who she might be a little bit like hard to talk to at first |
| 5 | She yanked her seatbelt free then gave a squeak of protest as Penry pulled her into his arms to kiss her with a ferocity she fought against at first . |
| 6 | Hibiscus , frangipani , bougainvillaea and the glorious colours of the flame tree were a visual feast and a challenge for the camera which I felt unable to cope with at first . |
| 7 | Well this is a big advantage when it comes to reading the literature , because it means you do not have to at first learn the basics of this science . |