Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line .
2 That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful .
3 If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence .
4 She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims .
5 Kirov had missed him at first glance , understandably , for-the young pilot was clad in a pair of light grey slacks and a faintly-patterned blue sports shirt .
6 Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed .
7 The melancholy that had struck me at first was very much a part of his character .
8 It had meant nothing at first , but then he had thought to try it as an entry code to some of the secret Ping Tiao computer networks he had discovered weeks before but had failed to penetrate .
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