Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at first [coord] " 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 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence …
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