Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] think [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first . |
| 2 | Again , you will probably need more than you think at first reckoning , so there is no harm in thinking ambitiously from the start . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | But she could n't ever see me , though I think at first she knew I was around , so now I mostly stay where I am and amuse myself with some of the other kids who are here too . |
| 8 | He says having been there , the crash is n't over such a wide area as we thought at first . |