Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | School had been tiring at first on transfer but she had soon got used to it : originally she had belonged to a number of clubs in the early day ( Thursday ) when all such activities take place , but now preferred to go home early . |
| 2 | It seems to me that they are describing at first hand a world made up of physical materials similar to those which we can see and touch , with an invisible ( to most of us ) non-material life force much like the ether superimposed on it and within it . |
| 3 | But the number of police constables that we can have available , would make a big difference to the lives of the very ordinary people , and that 's where we should be looking at first . |
| 4 | What we 'll be doing at first then is just to take an overview of the house , you would n't necessarily get that on an ordinary tour . |
| 5 | It had been thrilling at first to start work for a real knight and his lady and to live in this tall mansion with its halls and parlours , its tapestries and suits of armour . |
| 6 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 7 | all he was doing was listening at first and I thought oh no it 's so long |
| 8 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 9 | I could n't hear what he was saying at first , then I got bits of it . |
| 10 | She could n't understand what he was doing at first : she thought he was shaking a bottle . |
| 11 | Both girls thought she was joking at first but when she recounted word for word the interview she had had with Moran they exploded into wild laughter . |
| 12 | The lack of apparent activity in the factory was startling at first , but not when you remember that Caterham makes as much money in a year as General Motors does in half an hour . |
| 13 | It was difficult to see what she was offering at first but as I took them from her I saw they were credit cards , an Access and a Visa , both made out in the name of Mrs J. A. Scamp . |