Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | While notes 3 and 5 in the series of fourths are omitted at first , they later form a chord themselves , joined by note 11 ( note 10 being omitted ) . |
| 2 | His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle . |
| 3 | Hanrott was made responsible for the first ‘ Council ’ visits , at which they saw some quite ‘ unsuitable environments ’ , information from these visits being fed at first into the subject boards rather than into the Council itself' . |
| 4 | Extinguishers were used at first but to no avail . |
| 5 | Officers were told at first that there were two different tapes in existence . |
| 6 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 7 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |
| 8 | If they are in different departments they must be brought together physically , whatever departmental objections are raised at first . |