Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they did n't know I mean like first newsletter we 've had in ages . |
| 2 | I think at first glance you ca n't really see . |
| 3 | Again , you will probably need more than you think at first reckoning , so there is no harm in thinking ambitiously from the start . |
| 4 | You know , sometimes we walk in first thing in the morning and we start straightaway and we forget to turn the er closed to open . |
| 5 | Given the fact that much of the property in the western half of the country was sub-let to under-tenants at rack rents , it is doubtful whether regional differences were as pronounced as they appear at first sight . |
| 6 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 7 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
| 8 | The basis of lateral thinking is to be provocative with your ideas and to put them forward however bizarre or ridiculous they sound on first hearing . |
| 9 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 10 | How will the hard men of the IRA react , when they hear at first hand what harm they are doing to everything they say they stand for ? |
| 11 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |
| 12 | Some of them even have to be parents when they get home where they see at first hand the pressures to supply children with fashionable merchandise . |
| 13 | ‘ Was it love at first sight ? |