Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This presents gaps in the text which surprise at first , but then allow the imagination to intervene and to draw on the richness and depth of the images to fill the spaces with one 's own interpretation . |
| 2 | The girl , whoever she was , despite the aristocratic looks and fine body which had at first misled them , would only have found houseroom within the palace compound as an under-servant . |
| 3 | Then she sent Molly into a shadowy room which seemed at first to be empty . |
| 4 | The very scenery which had at first terrified people as recorded by Gilpin and others was steadily becoming attractive to visitors . |
| 5 | Partly this involves his audience in material which seems at first sight the familiar stuff of the music-hall chorus . |