Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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1 | Conversely , a long period may restrict the purchaser should he wish to make changes to the vendor management team ( either because they do not live up to first impressions or because he wishes to promote them within the enlarged group ) . |
2 | She did n't catch on at first . |
3 | I was furious , and hurt , but it did n't sink in at first . |
4 | It did n't seem so at first . |
5 | ‘ A Hollywood movie about two cops who do n't get along at first but are thrown together on a case involving drugs , foreigners , lots of fights and guns and which ends up with them respecting each other and winning . |
6 | ‘ I 've come to collect my car , but I just could n't drive off without first coming up to apologise for my behaviour last night . ’ |
7 | The coming of the railway through to Maidstone did n't help as at first there was no station at Halling . |