Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't catch on at first . |
| 2 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 3 | It is not advisable to give the dog free run of the car , however , simply because it could damage the interior , by scratching the upholstery , for example , if it wants to come out at first light before you are awake . |
| 4 | This enables the Bureau to find out at first hand how authorities are tackling the issue and what they need form the centre . |
| 5 | The coppers used to come around at first every time somebody stole a dame 's purse but finally they gave it up . |
| 6 | ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow . |
| 7 | It may be difficult to open up at first , but when you do you 'll be on the way to overcoming the traumas of the past and rebuilding your self-esteem . |
| 8 | But Jim really hurt her because erm when she was going out with him he was a virgin and then erm they came back , you notice things were a bit sort of sort of on the rocks when they came back at first ? |
| 9 | Even I did n't believe what was going on at first . |
| 10 | but you know we , we might feel cold when we get in at first , oh we have n't been in long before it 's warm is n't it ? |
| 11 | I was furious , and hurt , but it did n't sink in at first . |
| 12 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 13 | That was all she took in at first , until Miss Belle cried in an excited voice , ‘ Well , Rene , take the coat off and let her feel it . |
| 14 | I 'll go in at first , I 'll see how much that 's gon na be which is about seven hundred pounds . |
| 15 | Rogers and Lambert took off at first light to see what was happening . |
| 16 | In fact , the fog obliged the convoy to turn back at first , but it set out again later in the day and reached the Spanish mainland with little difficulty . |
| 17 | The action had been struck out at first instance , an appeal to the Court of Appeal had failed but a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords was still pending . |
| 18 | ‘ A Hollywood movie about two cops who do n't get along at first but are thrown together on a case involving drugs , foreigners , lots of fights and guns and which ends up with them respecting each other and winning . |
| 19 | Let the baby suck regularly — even if nothing comes out at first — and the milk should start coming through again . |
| 20 | He held back at first , but only until she was confined in the hospital at Leyden . |