Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 2 | I did n't want to believe it at first , ’ she told him shakily , ‘ but I can now . |
| 3 | I should have done it at first ; I could have paid it then . |
| 4 | She had refused to believe it at first , her mind so full of him that her eyes kept on seeing him , playing tricks on her , raising false and cruel hopes . |
| 5 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 6 | The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set . |