Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The goat does n't know it at first , but learns .
2 I ca n't say that I did honestly enjoy it at first .
3 ‘ Even if you do n't enjoy it at first , why not give pleasure to others ?
4 If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … .
5 If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance .
6 Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting .
7 People might do it at first , there might be like an epidemic of wow it 's so cool we can smoke at school
8 I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months .
9 I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful .
10 I did n't believe it at first .
11 I could n't believe it at first .
12 I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet .
13 You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle .
14 Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables :
15 It did n't like it at first , and moved and beat against the sides of the plastic and the neck of the can while I held it and sweated , listening to the hum of the insects and the rustling of the grass , staring at Blyth as he lay there still and silent , his dark hair ruffled now and again by the breeze .
16 You we you did n't like it at first ?
17 I did n't like it at first cos all the animation was all too fuzzy and wobbly and everything I can remember cos I did n't think it was as good as the Magic Roundabout but then yeah I love it now .
18 She 'd do anything rather than drive it at first .
19 ‘ Could n't help it at first , but we 've become friends .
20 She could n't turn it at first ; she fumbled and wrenched and then made herself try again , without forcing .
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