Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In chartered helicopters they hovered over the empty stretch of road between Fenny Stratford and Buckingham to photograph the bare tarmac and the last few barriers and police cars parked there at first light . |
| 2 | The clouds were parting and the moon showed dimly at first when the 12-pounder gun 's crew of cooks and stewards closed up aboard the destroyer . |
| 3 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 4 | Restrictions on silviculture in the tropics are most striking in the area of soil properties ; for example , the pisolites of parts of West Africa are some 10 m deep with no obvious horizons and , although trees grow well at first , they later collapse and the removal of the forest leads to desolation resembling a gravel pit . |
| 5 | When told of Cavaletti 's initiative by the Italian embassy in Salamanca , Franco reacted favourably at first , but later began to raise objections . |
| 6 | Despite his reputation , Modi behaved impeccably at first . |
| 7 | This road climbs moderately at first to Marbach , a well regarded unsophisticated winter sports resort with cablecar and skilifts to the Marbachegg sun-terrace ( Timetable No 1500 ) . |
| 8 | Do n't worry if your compression joints leak slightly at first — this happens to professional plumbers too . |
| 9 | The daughter 's story proceeds serenely at first , then hits a sickening crunch ; raped at 11 , she is shot into wary adulthood . |