Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
| 2 | Wycliffe had not seen her at first . |
| 3 | Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables : |
| 4 | She was almost unconscious and did not recognize him at first . |
| 5 | Endill did not hear anything at first but after a minute or two heard what he thought was a cough in the distance . |
| 6 | He had not believed it at first , but now he was not so sure . |