Example sentences of "she [vb past] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried at first to do so in a properly genteel way , nibbling daintily . |
| 2 | She thought at first that it was an apple pip in her mouth . |
| 3 | She thought at first that his ordeal had been too much for him and that his mind was wandering . |
| 4 | She thought at first somebody had left a bundle of washing in the telephone box . |
| 5 | She thought at first it was something she had eaten . |
| 6 | She thought at first it had been shot . |
| 7 | She saw at first hand the imperialist arrogance of the British in her mother country , aptly illustrated by the signs in the parks which baldly stated ‘ no dogs or Chinese allowed ’ . |
| 8 | I did n't know what she meant at first . |
| 9 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 10 | When she was beginning to cry out for him , while he still hovered over her , taunting her with the prospect of even now being denied what she had at first fought against , he demanded her verbal surrender too . |
| 11 | Baffled by the elderly woman 's total animosity and unreasonable behaviour , she had at first responded by being anxiously deferential — abjectly agreeing to every outrageous demand on her husband 's precious time , despite not seeing very much of him herself . |
| 12 | He swigged his champagne with such abandon that Ruth knew he had swallowed Maria Luisa 's explanation of their affair with the same ease as she had at first . |
| 13 | ‘ They found this girl … ’ was all she said at first . |
| 14 | The words were so softly spoken that she wondered at first if she 'd heard correctly . |
| 15 | She wondered at first if she 'd heard him right . |