Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 2 | It ca n't have been easy at first . ’ |
| 3 | It had n't been easy at first ; he was n't her father and all she remembered of her own father was blows and shouting . |
| 4 | She had been convinced at first that it had all been a mistake , that she had indeed misread the unspoken message contained in the postcard . |
| 5 | She had been angry at first , then disbelieving , but finally she had gone to the aerodrome to see the padre , begging him for news of Rob . |
| 6 | The sand under his feet had been crusty at first , ribbed , but now it was turning smooth , soft , unmarked . |
| 7 | He may be shy at first , but after a while he will get over that : he is not half so shy as he was , of course not . |
| 8 | Our Verdict : If you do n't want to visit a salon , a depilator gives good results and is obviously more convenient for regularly removing stray hairs although it may be painful at first . |
| 9 | It pays to be cautious at first and increase the groundbait amount if things go well . |
| 10 | I 'm supposed to first say is th are you finding the course okay and to ask you about your projects . |
| 11 | Designers quickly learnt that nothing could be satisfactory on first viewing . |
| 12 | Such a definition is likely to be opaque at first reading , but what it essentially states is that communication consists of the " sender " intending to cause the " receiver " to think or do something , just by getting the " receiver " to recognize that the " sender " is trying to cause that thought or action . |
| 13 | The horse will be confused at first ; after all we are behaving rather strangely ! |
| 14 | It might be thrilling at first , but it will probably end in pain and tears . |
| 15 | But the demonstration projects in West Germany have shown above all that though the public might be sceptical at first , they will quickly become enthusiastic supporters . |
| 16 | It will be tough at first . |
| 17 | If you have just been told that your child has HIV , and if this was unexpected news , the shock will be overwhelming at first . |
| 18 | This may be overwhelming at first but you will not be expected to have specialised knowledge and skills when you begin work on the ward . |
| 19 | The first generation will be scalable to 128 processors with up to 25 GFLOPS performance , expected to be available in first half 1994 , and the firm aims to improve performance by at least an order of magnitude per generation . |
| 20 | The first generation will be scalable to 128 processors with up to 25 GFLOPS performance , expected to be available in first half 1994 , and the firm aims to improve performance by at least an order of magnitude per generation . |
| 21 | It can be intimidating at first walking into smart offices and facing slick-looking executives across a boardroom table . |
| 22 | Although they will inevitably be small at first , you can enjoy their benefits this winter if you plant now . |
| 23 | It will be difficult at first but going on would only lead to more sorrow . |
| 24 | Persuading them to sit still can be difficult at first . |
| 25 | Slowly pupils will begin to distinguish different periods in the past , ( though this may be difficult at first ) , learning to ask " when " and " for how long " , and so on . |
| 26 | However , sales are likely to be slow at first . |
| 27 | Stewart ( 31 ) will join the Glens this week and has set himself a three week target to be ready for first team action . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's none of your damned business ! ’ she snapped half-heartedly , yet his words struck a raw nerve and she almost winced in pain , because Ryan had only been ardent at first ; after that , it had been she who had made the advances . |
| 29 | It had been wonderful at first , Mouse remembered . |
| 30 | Then the letters came fairly regularly , but they were strange at first — sometimes almost assuming the old relationship , sometimes defensively impersonal , as if he were afraid — we both were — to take too much for granted . |