Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] her [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was made sorry for her at first , as I would be for any young girl , crippled — it is hinted by the cruelty of her husband — and a mother , but even at the beginning there is a niggling doubt that she is rather superficial and shallow . |
| 2 | Nor was it easy for her at first to make new ones at The Milebrook , having only a pony and cart and her nearest neighbours being two , four and five miles away . |
| 3 | Men would be crazy about her at first , echoing her belief in the romantic ideal . |
| 4 | Kevin was frightened of her at first but she was good and , like him , she was alone with no friends . |
| 5 | When the three appeared for school they were wary of her at first but she was able to summon sufficient energy to disguise her lack of it and they were completely at ease before they left for school . |