Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 2 | The XJ-Two Twenty , which costs almost half a million pounds was being test driven by a motoring journalist , when he accidentally changed down to first gear instead of third while travelling at NINETY miles an hour.It 'll need about twenty thousand pounds to mend the broken car … the driver 's wounded pride may take a little more work . |
| 3 | Despite his reputation , Modi behaved impeccably at first . |
| 4 | Therefore , Coe and Hofland 's first prize was no longer valid as it was only sixth on unofficial lists , and Banks and Barry and Scott moved up to first and second places respectively on the Foreign Office list . |
| 5 | Cassie woke just after first light to hear the drone of their engines fading in the direction of the sea . |
| 6 | As he pulled out of the gas station exit onto the highway , he drove carefully at first , getting the feel of the big powerful car . |
| 7 | But Jim really hurt her because erm when she was going out with him he was a virgin and then erm they came back , you notice things were a bit sort of sort of on the rocks when they came back at first ? |
| 8 | The they were niggers here when we came here at first . |
| 9 | When I came here at first , the side were top of the First Division , but there was no apparent feeling for the game . |
| 10 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 11 | The turn of fortune lifted Glentoran , and they nearly scored again in first half injury time when Candlish unleashed a sizzling drive but this time Keenan responded with a terrific save . |
| 12 | The clouds were parting and the moon showed dimly at first when the 12-pounder gun 's crew of cooks and stewards closed up aboard the destroyer . |
| 13 | ‘ Would you like me to see if there 's a doctor on the train ? ’ the conductor asked as he walked back through First Class with her . |
| 14 | All sold out for first four performances of Luxembourg next week . ’ |
| 15 | Often tagged ‘ the Varsity Match ’ , they worked together at first . |
| 16 | That was all she took in at first , until Miss Belle cried in an excited voice , ‘ Well , Rene , take the coat off and let her feel it . |
| 17 | Rogers and Lambert took off at first light to see what was happening . |
| 18 | The researchers went back to first principles by making a detailed mechanical analysis of Diatryma 's head . |
| 19 | It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’ |
| 20 | It was a good ship and everything went well at first , but I was very ill again . |
| 21 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 22 | Nora , seeing its western end thinly attended , went there at first . |
| 23 | If the outside world did not at first grasp its significance , the Israeli leadership positively refused to do so . |
| 24 | The girl 's eyes did not at first stray in my direction so I was able in safety to look at her , to examine her , for quite some time . |
| 25 | They were mainly concerned to cement national unity and did not at first grasp the complexities of the problem and its interaction with political opposition , particularly among the Miskitu . |
| 26 | Having himself come from a close family he did not at first regard his wife 's involvement with Chloe as unusual . |
| 27 | The headquarters ' 38-set ( see Appendix 5 ) could not contact Ryder on the MGB and Newman did not at first realise how few men were ashore . |
| 28 | I was told that one reason why many Conservative politicians were sympathetic towards our Report was because they did not at first realise that our insistence that all children should speak and write Standard English did not involve any recommendation about RP . |
| 29 | The other member , who might have been expected to buy it for his own son , a young man recently qualified in law , did not at first do so ; he said business was unreliable , there were not enough clients , the reputation of the firm had been allowed to run down . |
| 30 | When , in March , she realised her period was overdue , Liza did not at first worry . |