Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some writers worked as independent agents , such as the High Tory , Charles Leslie , who produced his Rehearsal at first weekly , and then bi-weekly , between 1704 and 1709 . |
| 2 | His aim at first was to produce a body of work which would sell . |
| 3 | To Eddie , the well-being of his ward is his priority at first , but this grows out of proportion until he is blindly obsessed and destroys his relationship with her . |
| 4 | Joey did n't recognise his cousin at first , and kept peering along as if to make sure . |
| 5 | He returned the old man 's stare , his expression at first defiant , but then his hard features relaxed into a knowing smile . |
| 6 | Manfred Drake ( formerly Manfred Drechsler ) remembers how much he missed his mother at first : |