Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at first [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 2 | She said she had wanted to go home at first but had got used to it at her uncle 's house now . |
| 3 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Resuming the journey from Stone House Bridge , the road now starts a long climb to its summit , rising gently at first and with the Dee an inseparable companion alongside . |
| 6 | As always , remember to practise sl-ow-ly at first and only build up the tempo as and when the part begins to feel comfortable . |
| 7 | ‘ A Hollywood movie about two cops who do n't get along at first but are thrown together on a case involving drugs , foreigners , lots of fights and guns and which ends up with them respecting each other and winning . |
| 8 | I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence … |