Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court dismissed their appeal at first instance but they appealed ( see MS Fashions Ltd and Others v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA [ 1992 ] , The Times , 23 June ) . |
| 2 | Usually they have few opportunities to check that their instructions are being pursued and almost none to supervise their execution at first hand . |
| 3 | By seeing their work at first hand , they 're hoping he 'll be convinced of the need for more officers . |
| 4 | In view of the harsh treatment of the victims of mental illness in hospitals like Bedlam , where members of the public or the acting profession could study their behaviour at first hand , it is not surprising that no striking instances of writers proclaiming themselves mad by writing about their own affliction have come to light in this period . |
| 5 | POLICE divers last night called off their search of a six-mile stretch of the River Nidd near Harrogate , North Yorks , for a four-month-old girl whose mother claimed to have thrown her into the water , and will resume their efforts at first light . |
| 6 | The social worker regularly assigned to the case seemed to call when most of the children were at school , so he was unable to judge their progress at first hand . |
| 7 | Even those of us in the office who had their doubts at first were soon won over by the instrument 's simplicity and friendliness . |