Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful . |
| 2 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
| 3 | Then he looked more closely , and exclaimed : ‘ Ruth — I did n't recognise you at first ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't recognise her at first , ’ Lily told her . |
| 6 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 7 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 8 | I helped her at first but it was a mistake . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns . |
| 10 | She unfolded the page of blue paper and focused on the letter instead , hardly understanding it at first reading . |
| 11 | I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first . |
| 12 | ‘ Even if you do n't enjoy it at first , why not give pleasure to others ? |
| 13 | ‘ It was her beauty which attracted me at first , ’ said Mr Jefferson , who was a produce buyer for NAFFI for more than 37 years . |
| 14 | Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location . |
| 15 | The Russian poet mistakes him at first for a brigand of the woods , a political conspirator , or a charlatan trading in elixirs and arsenic . |
| 16 | Kirov had missed him at first glance , understandably , for-the young pilot was clad in a pair of light grey slacks and a faintly-patterned blue sports shirt . |
| 17 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 18 | William says both his parents were riding enthusiasts and he got put on a horse at the age of three … his mother used to ride for Britian in the sixties and she 's encouraged him to compete … it used to terrify him at first and he never dreamt he 'd be good enough to compete … |
| 19 | Wycliffe had not seen her at first . |
| 20 | I should have done it at first ; I could have paid it then . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 22 | It is so easy to overdo it at first so please be gentle with yourself . |
| 23 | People might do it at first , there might be like an epidemic of wow it 's so cool we can smoke at school |
| 24 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 25 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
| 26 | it did n't like them at first , because she felt that they were very rough and uncouth . |
| 27 | He did n't like me at first . |
| 28 | Start by using each yarn for two rows of weaving — it can seem quite difficult to organise them at first , but you will soon start to be able to do this more quickly . |
| 29 | He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first . |
| 30 | Ah did n't see him at first . |