Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | so it was n't the fact I was trying to lose too much speed , it was that I changed into first and did n't have |
| 2 | ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first . |
| 3 | Just to say that the trip worked out slightly cheaper than I anticipated at first and have pleasure in returning a little bit from your cheque . |
| 4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
| 5 | The words were so softly spoken that she wondered at first if she 'd heard correctly . |
| 6 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 7 | would n't you get one in that Princess that you got at first ? |
| 8 | Which is the the one that you 're sort of that you came across first of all the trig functions ? |
| 9 | ‘ So you got in first ? ’ |
| 10 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 11 | Orwell 's simplicity was much like that parent-figure : it can suddenly look more complicated , and more assumed , than one had at first supposed . |
| 12 | Derek Hampson , assistant manager of the RSPCA home , said : ‘ The dog was much older than we had at first been informed and he was very sick . |
| 13 | Agrippa , although he objected at first , reluctantly consented to write out the warrants and disburse the necessary silver for our journeys . |
| 14 | The most important lesson to be learnt from the fossil discoveries of the 1840s and 1850s was that the history of life was far more complex than anyone had at first realized . |
| 15 | The eastern Saxons are almost certain to have remained at this time within the orbit of Oswiu and it may also be the case that Aethelwald , the brother of Aethelhere ( HE 111 , 22 ) ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) , received Oswiu 's support as the new king of the eastern Angles ; it is certainly not at all impossible that he ruled at first in a dependent relationship . |
| 16 | He wanted to sleep , and the prospect of a bed , even one which he would be required to occupy without companionship , was so attractive that he missed at first the signs that all was not well . |
| 17 | The railways undercut his price and he was forced to find many more passengers than he had at first calculated . |
| 18 | Looking at her more closely , he realized she was much older than he had at first thought . |
| 19 | Alone with Damian Flint Rachel found him even more formidable than he had at first appeared . |
| 20 | Further research revealed that what had at first appeared to be a bizarre anomaly was in fact a cultural feature shared by many different Indian peoples . |
| 21 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
| 22 | ‘ Once I cut the neckline wrong on three hundred dresses and I thought at first I 'd just keep quiet and fill the gap with lace . |
| 23 | And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ On that particular day , we arrived there about ten o'clock , and I refused at first to go any farther ; the charm of those gardens and their flowers was so great that I wanted never to leave them . |
| 25 | The rain had let up and we walked at first , then as the first drops turned into a steady drizzle , we took a cab . |
| 26 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 27 | If he failed at first , he would know better next time . |
| 28 | Leith closed the door with an angry thud , then opened her mouth to let fly — but he got in first . |
| 29 | When I started at first erm |
| 30 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |