Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns . |
| 2 | She unfolded the page of blue paper and focused on the letter instead , hardly understanding it at first reading . |
| 3 | I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first . |
| 4 | ‘ Even if you do n't enjoy it at first , why not give pleasure to others ? |
| 5 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 6 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 7 | I should have done it at first ; I could have paid it then . |
| 8 | Put it into first gear and he said , and the light went out , he said oh yes that 's fine . |
| 9 | Pushing it into first , she was just about to let off the handbrake when he opened the passenger door and awkwardly lowered his length into the small car . |
| 10 | Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 12 | It is so easy to overdo it at first so please be gentle with yourself . |
| 13 | People might do it at first , there might be like an epidemic of wow it 's so cool we can smoke at school |
| 14 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 17 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 18 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 19 | I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful . |
| 20 | I did n't believe it at first . |
| 21 | I could n't believe it at first . |
| 22 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 23 | She hated it at first , she would n't drive it . |
| 24 | But she hated it at first . |
| 25 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 26 | Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables : |
| 27 | It did n't like it at first , and moved and beat against the sides of the plastic and the neck of the can while I held it and sweated , listening to the hum of the insects and the rustling of the grass , staring at Blyth as he lay there still and silent , his dark hair ruffled now and again by the breeze . |
| 28 | You we you did n't like it at first ? |
| 29 | I did n't like it at first cos all the animation was all too fuzzy and wobbly and everything I can remember cos I did n't think it was as good as the Magic Roundabout but then yeah I love it now . |
| 30 | To lighten what can be quite an anxiety provoking experience , it is sometimes helpful to ask the client to role play a particular situation , but to do it at first , extremely badly . |