Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian poet mistakes him at first for a brigand of the woods , a political conspirator , or a charlatan trading in elixirs and arsenic . |
| 2 | His words surprised her at first , then anger took over — an anger so intense that she was prepared to walk out of her marriage and do irreparable damage to the Royal Family . |
| 3 | The night sweats frightened him at first . |
| 4 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 5 | The reality surprised me at first , and then like everyone else , I took it for granted . |
| 6 | Alec took it at first for a whale . |