Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | All five were trapped at first , but the prosecution says the three men ran away , ignoring a girl 's screams , and later lied to the police … |
| 2 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 3 | Extinguishers were used at first but to no avail . |
| 4 | Officers were told at first that there were two different tapes in existence . |
| 5 | His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle . |
| 6 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 7 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 8 | The need for hard copy was met at first by initiating , via the VDU keyboard , an instruction to print remotely in the Data Processing Centre . |
| 9 | I was dazed at first — numb with shock . |
| 10 | That particular ghost was said at first , because she 'd lived in a hulking great castle with fields and forests and things , and when she saw it again it was a council estate and , as I said , a supermarket . |
| 11 | It was known at first as a subway , a name thought of as an American term for an underground system , but later on was named the City and South London Railway and became the first tube railway in the world . |
| 12 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 13 | But what its content should be was left at first to the experts . |
| 14 | The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush . |
| 15 | The LASMO PC network was extended at first to Broadwalk House and the Aberdeen office , then , in the wake of the Ultramar deal , to Moorgate and Chiswick . |