Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , unless the facts were absolutely clear , it would be foolish to prosecute under section 1 an offence of obtaining by deception , since something which at first looked like larceny by a trick might turn out to have involved a transfer of the ownership , in which case only section 15 would meet the prosecution 's needs , if I am right . |
| 2 | It was obviously made to stand up with its foot on something which at first I could not make out for all the dust and dirt but eventually realised was a skull . |
| 3 | She noticed something which at first seemed familiar and natural and then , as its significance dawned on her , sinister . |
| 4 | It was an enchanting and heady experience , and one which could hardly be other than irresistible : a delightful upbringing for the future queen consort of France , but not one which at first sight looks like adequate preparation for the future queen regnant of Scotland . |
| 5 | ‘ It often happens that one who at first was listening gladly becomes exhausted and now opens his mouth no longer to give assent but to yawn , and even involuntarily gives signs that he wants to depart . |
| 6 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't believe it myself at first , until I started to notice little changes in Dowd . ’ |
| 8 | The plates flickered past , solemn and beautiful faces , sleeping soldiers , angels carrying flutes , and then a page fell open more easily because , slipped into it , she found a sheet of the villa 's notepaper on which was typed what she at first thought to be a shopping-list , but , as she began to read , discovered it was no such thing . |
| 9 | Once again , the setting is theatrical , and the perspectives are varied — Act I presents the audience at a play ; Act II shows the characters in the play , and yet even they are not what they at first seem , as Frayn offers both the lines they are delivering and the thoughts they are actually thinking . |