Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] first [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jacob of the larger Genesis narrative , his mind full of the dangers of his coming encounter with Esau , and thinking that Esau is already on his way to attack him , must naturally assume at first that his attacker is his brother . |
| 2 | She did not answer at first but moved or turned . |
| 3 | Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt . |
| 4 | I nearly starved at first because I could n't bear the idea of eating — well — insects and the like , but it 's amazing what you can get used to . ’ |
| 5 | So deeply and dreamlessly that when she woke she could n't think at first where she was ; nor place the strange noise at the back of her head . |
| 6 | He did n't answer at first and there was something about the quality of his silence that caused a flicker of fear to touch her heart . |
| 7 | It did n't work at first because people forgot and then there were the tourists who came in and did n't know the seating arrangements . |
| 8 | He did n't mind at first but when he kept bumping into sculptures of boats , animals or castles he became more and more frustrated . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 10 | if you look at the cure of erm th the Blind Man of Bethsiedum which happened a little earlier , a similar thing happens when Jesus cures his sight , he ca n't see at first and Jesus has to do some more work on him with spit , spittle and er you know the , but there 's something behind that it 's not just a er a nature miracle , sorry a healing miracle overcoming physical ailments , that 's spectacular in itself but the can take something else on board here without the attitude of people and their willingness to accept who Jesus was and what his details of participant Bartiamaus had been given the vision he 'd been given was more than just his eyesight . |
| 11 | Carmella did n't react at first but then she looked up and saw who it was . |
| 12 | The balance is excellent in the Cello Concerto but I felt that the violin was fractionally too close in the Double Concerto with the cello less well focused at first but improving later . |
| 13 | You may well notice at first that your dog scratches persistently when it is infected , in spite of being told to stop doing so . |
| 14 | She says she did n't notice at first but her arm began to swell up later . |
| 15 | ‘ He was n't too enthralled at first but he listened after a while and I 've left him thinking about it . |