Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at first [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 2 | He says only at first it was all new to me . |
| 3 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 4 | When we started to go there at first there were a fella , a fella from Keighley who was a weaver and he bought a bit of land at the side of the er , the side of the chapel , or was it the school ? |
| 5 | I think maybe at first she should have a morning meeting , or a weekly meeting , to discuss the menus for the following week . |
| 6 | Ooh twelve months like that , as long as you get it dried properly at first you see . |
| 7 | The coming of the railway through to Maidstone did n't help as at first there was no station at Halling . |