Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb past] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 2 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 3 | Andrew Garthwaite had been playing pool with his attacker and thought at first it was a joke . |
| 4 | In 1985 , they " woke up " and sued for possession but failed at first instance . |
| 5 | The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself . |
| 6 | There was a special edge to this match because they had beaten us easily in each of our past five encounters and had at first declined a fixture this year . |