Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this aspect of the craft that I want to look at first this month . |
| 2 | When Van Cheele got to London , Cunningham did not want to talk at first . |
| 3 | The fact that timing of the first births is closely related to age at first marriage or union is documented in Fig 1 . |
| 4 | Mr Croydon was right , she must open her own shop , have shoes made to order at first and then perhaps import goods from the English shoemakers such as Mr Clark of Somerset . |
| 5 | The women begin to gather at first light . |
| 6 | Alternatively one party may be arguing for a significant change or development in the law , and might actually be expecting to lose at first instance . |
| 7 | The majority of information on coffin types comes as a result of the recent introduction of funerary studies in archaeology and vault examinations — much from work carried out in the 1980s at such places as Christchurch , Spitalfields , at Hinton St George , Somerset , and Withyham , Sussex — where opportunities arose to study at first hand coffins dating from the sixteenth century to the present day . |
| 8 | Another problem which owners may fail to appreciate at first is that when a dog is in pain , it may bite unexpectedly , even though the cause of the pain is not immediately obvious . |
| 9 | Rawlinson wished to attack at first light , or even earlier ; the French insisted on waiting until daylight so that they might gauge the effect of their all-night artillery fire . |
| 10 | Realising that the take-off would involve an element of risk , the Nimbus pilot had , in fact , refused to go at first , and had asked for the K8 to be moved . |
| 11 | rate you have to add at first , you can drink it while it 's fermenting , it 's quite a refreshing drink a bit tart to my taste but when it ferments out it becomes er a liquor called Arak which is their version of . |
| 12 | But erm the logistics costs are made up from the costs of procuring spares and support equipment largely and er for an aircraft such as this , the amount of equipment required to operate at first line is very low indeed . |