Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I regarded this at first as meanness . |
| 2 | Once a viewpoint has been selected , the subsequent CATWOE analysis is made easier by first considering the transformation that could be taking place in the selected system , using as a starting point a simple sketch of the conversion process , ie input-transformation-output ( Fig 15. 1 ) . |
| 3 | Little by little , however , the force of this long glen beneath the austere greyness of the Five Sisters touched Johnson , and he moved his position from that of first considering the political role of such remoteness , and the opportunities it gave for military strategies and subsequent escapes — Glenshiel had been the scene of a battle fifty-four years earlier in which local Highlanders unsuccessfully reinforced a Spanish invasion force — to being lulled by the sight of so many waters , brooks , burns , and silver rivulets , ‘ which commonly ran with a clear shallow stream over a hard pebbly bottom ’ . |
| 4 | Though loath to admit it , he was relieved at first to be back , among the familiar sights and sounds . |
| 5 | Fearful at first of the reunion , Katherine found herself charmed by her aunt , who reminisced comically about Jacob 's youthful exploits . |
| 6 | Ignorant at first of the monetary value of these , nine of us including the donor , spent two evenings lightheartedly preparing for sale the 500-odd prints , many by ‘ Spy ’ , ‘ Ape ’ , or ‘ Max ’ . |
| 7 | So we asked council if they could get us a place and they offered us a flat at first over the other side , I do n't know what walk it was on , and they says , You can stay there until we get an house for you . |
| 8 | Having done this , you can begin by making sure that she is not left alone at all at first in her emotionally collapsed condition , unless she clearly indicates that she wants a period of solitude . |
| 9 | And then the silence of the hillside was rent by a further sound , a high buzzing at first like a gigantic and enraged wasp , and then a roar and a rending of the air , so that Molly felt as though she were standing on the bridge of a warship and some huge Exocet missile was being hurled in her direction . |
| 10 | Well , we 're anxious that there is n't an escalation of this crisis , that it may be dealed with as Brigadier Harbottle has written in a letter to the Guardian today , dealt with , er more through first of all an attempt by the Arab nations to come to some agreement amongst themselves and agreement which will satisfy them and be a more long-lasting one . |
| 11 | was he , he was coming over from er South Africa ai n't he , on fourth of April , me mum 's eighty on first of April and he 's coming on fourth . |
| 12 | Elizabeth Hughes was responsible at first for most of the teaching , and had no assistant except a resident housekeeper . |
| 13 | Although happy at first with the series concept as handed to him by Donald Wilson , David Whitaker 's under-lying love for ‘ ripping yarn ’ storytelling was threatening to draw him into conflict with Newman 's wish to present educative and allegorical discussion of social issues within the show 's framework . |
| 14 | Indeed , the two M boys themselves were not totally happy at first at having these initially undisciplined children visiting their home and generally being around on a regular basis . |
| 15 | Puzzled at first on noticing the familiar shape of Windmill Hill broken by another small , moving outline , she gazed with heightened interest as semaphore signals began to be spelled out from the ridge against the background of the sky . |
| 16 | Everything is tender and rational at first in my daydreams of living with him , but I know it would n't be in fact . |
| 17 | And the forecast says , Although damp and misty at first with some drizzle , the day will become dry . |
| 18 | The weather damp and misty at first with drizzle . |
| 19 | But you got into the Soviet Union and it 's difficult at first for me to get emotionally connected to the story . |
| 20 | Surprised villagers , grateful at first for free entry to anything , crept away from improvised stage sketches in a prepared nonlanguage . |
| 21 | Although a little apprehensive at first of steering such a large boat , we settled into it remarkably quickly . |
| 22 | We were extraordinarily disappointed at first about the delay but a cancellation would be just about too much to bear . |
| 23 | But he came from last to first under a powerful ride from apprentice Andrew Tucker to hit the front a furlong out and score by three quarters of a length from favourite Sylvan Starlight for Rod Simpson . |
| 24 | Those responding to the position statement were wary at first of the authoritarian connotations of value systems , and that this would leave schools open to hi-jack from left , right or religious groups . |
| 25 | He had been bemused at first by the scraps of peripheral information the Brigadier periodically tossed them with the air of someone indulging an already overfed dog , but now he was beginning to understand . |