Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first . |
| 2 | Just to say that the trip worked out slightly cheaper than I anticipated at first and have pleasure in returning a little bit from your cheque . |
| 3 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
| 4 | When I started at first erm |
| 5 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |
| 6 | Or was the fact of their friendship with Gideon just an unwelcome coincidence , as I had at first supposed . |
| 7 | But she could n't ever see me , though I think at first she knew I was around , so now I mostly stay where I am and amuse myself with some of the other kids who are here too . |