Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] first " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful .
2	Sorry we should never of let them in first
3	If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence .
4	Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location .
5	Kirov had missed him at first glance , understandably , for-the young pilot was clad in a pair of light grey slacks and a faintly-patterned blue sports shirt .
6	Wycliffe had not seen her at first .
7	I should have done it at first ; I could have paid it then .
8	‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line .
9	She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims .
10	It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first .
11	Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed .
12	The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set .
13	The night sweats frightened him at first .
14	He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first .
15	The melancholy that had struck me at first was very much a part of his character .
16	He had not believed it at first , but now he was not so sure .

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