Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] first that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd decided at first that her brother deserved what was coming to him , but on reflection no one deserved to be thrown at Guido 's mercy . |
| 2 | The Jacob of the larger Genesis narrative , his mind full of the dangers of his coming encounter with Esau , and thinking that Esau is already on his way to attack him , must naturally assume at first that his attacker is his brother . |
| 3 | It seemed at first that Hepworth , too , might make a telling contribution when he began with three maidens , in the course of which he comprehensively bowled Pearson . |
| 4 | He had thought at first that the man was lost and required instructions , but realised after the words had blown away that it was a quiet inquiry for cash . |
| 5 | Thomas had thought at first that it was a shadow . |
| 6 | Fine , she always manages to do it , she complains at first that she 's got too much to do , but she always gets in done in time , as well as her own work . |
| 7 | Officers were told at first that there were two different tapes in existence . |
| 8 | His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle . |
| 9 | They heard at first that these were industrial spare parts , then medical equipment , then mining equipment , then oil-drilling gear . |
| 10 | You feel at first that on a bad day ( there are quite a few ) Patrick might give it one of the kicks that the novelist seems about to direct at his readers . |
| 11 | When running the Student Advisory Centre , he had taken telephone calls from homosexuals , assuming at first that they wished to be ‘ cured ’ . |
| 12 | Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt . |
| 13 | We worried at first that the children might be sceptical and uninterested ; but we soon found that nine year olds have already heard of atoms in garbled ways from comics and really want to know about them . |
| 14 | Abbott thought at first that Cambridge was bound to win . |
| 15 | She thought at first that it was an apple pip in her mouth . |
| 16 | I thought at first that the sound , the terrorized shriek , was my last spurt , expressing itself . |
| 17 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
| 18 | I thought at first that he was merely taking an open-air path to his own bedroom , but he went straight past the open door at the end of his sleeping car , and straight on past the next car also . |
| 19 | She thought at first that his ordeal had been too much for him and that his mind was wandering . |
| 20 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 21 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 22 | ‘ When I was in Egypt I thought at first that the sun and the desert , the empty sky and the empty sand — that there was nowhere more grand . |
| 23 | When the King saw me , he thought at first that I must be a mechanical toy . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | As I said , I thought at first that the no boundary condition did indeed imply that disorder would decrease in the contracting phase . |
| 26 | I thought at first that Lady Eleanor had fainted . |
| 27 | ‘ We thought at first that she had hidden herself deliberately , ’ said Nanette , ‘ and did n't bother too much . |
| 28 | And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’ |
| 29 | You think at first that you have no choice , that it 's not up to you to decide on things like boyfriends — he 's sexy or he 's ugly — that you can just forget it . |
| 30 | You may well notice at first that your dog scratches persistently when it is infected , in spite of being told to stop doing so . |