Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale , predictable . |
| 2 | Deceptively simple and restrained at first , then juicy , almost lychees , with a salty/grassy finish . |
| 3 | He knew Sir Harry , as he knew most of the British ministers , well enough to drop titles in private and revert to first names . |
| 4 | His mouth , so hard and demanding at first , was softening , moving slowly over hers . |
| 5 | The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’ |
| 6 | He was pale and composed at first , his features rigidly set . |
| 7 | Many pupils may object that they find this kind of culture to be alien and puzzling at first since this is a non-exam course there is opportunity for pupils to mark time without any serious results but to achieve personal development gradually or late on in the course at an individual pace . |