Example sentences of "[adj] of [pron] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they were afraid of me at first . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't think much of it at first , but then something started to waft around the corridors , ’ shudders Bea . |
| 3 | People did not want to hold hands with either of them at first , but without her red cloak to remind them of sin , they quickly forgot who Izzie was . |
| 4 | ‘ There were only three of us at first , and we were up the field all day , every day . |
| 5 | Michael Abbell worked at the Justice Department for 17 years until 1984 , the last five of them as first the director and later deputy director of the Office of International Affairs . |
| 6 | At one end of this seeming arcane map or game-board an enormous plascrystal bowl held thousands of what at first sight appeared to be bloodshot ochreous eyeballs . |
| 7 | Kevin was frightened of her at first but she was good and , like him , she was alone with no friends . |
| 8 | Since 1985 , Heidrick and Struggles in London has more than tripled its number of consultants — from five to fifteen — most of them at first new to search and comparatively young . |
| 9 | 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 . |