Example sentences of "and [verb] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were going to the home of opera , to listen to some Verdi , Puccini and Donizetti ; and to see at first hand the fine art and architecture that he had studied and only previously heard about or seen in books . |
| 2 | Many pupils may object that they find this kind of culture to be alien and puzzling at first since this is a non-exam course there is opportunity for pupils to mark time without any serious results but to achieve personal development gradually or late on in the course at an individual pace . |
| 3 | His mouth , so hard and demanding at first , was softening , moving slowly over hers . |
| 4 | Here is a man who strides about purposefully , hits the ball a long long way , and looks at first sight like a competitor capable of a certain bumptiousness . |
| 5 | He finds it difficult to describe his feelings and says at first ‘ I just walked out . ’ |
| 6 | He was pale and composed at first , his features rigidly set . |
| 7 | What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale , predictable . |
| 8 | Her assessment of me changed from one of total hostility to a slightly puzzled statement that my experience with these doctors , in her own words ‘ may prove , after all , not to have been a bad thing for this peculiar chap — half high principle and half unashamed pragmatism — to have been brought into personal dealings with this autocratic profession and to experience at first hand the kind of behaviour that has been driving Ministers of Health to despair for years ’ . |
| 9 | The dogs howl and whine at first , then realize that they have finished for the day . |
| 10 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 11 | The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’ |
| 12 | The first race was off at two fifteen but on race day Cheltenham is up and running at first light . |
| 13 | Towards the and of his stint , he filled a gap in the team for the Italian GP at Monza — and saw at first hand one of BRM 's famous fiascos . |
| 14 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 15 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 16 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 17 | Andrew Garthwaite had been playing pool with his attacker and thought at first it was a joke . |
| 18 | I was glad to stay and rest at first , but after a few minutes I became unbearably nervous . |
| 19 | There was a special edge to this match because they had beaten us easily in each of our past five encounters and had at first declined a fixture this year . |
| 20 | Crows acrobated above a dead elm tree , ‘ The crow will tumble up and down/ at first sign of spring/ and in old trees around the town/brush winter from its wing . ’ |
| 21 | Fearing the discovery of this by Vendale , an English associate of the firm , he plans to kill him , and believes at first that he has done so . |
| 22 | I thank my hon. Friend for the time and trouble that he took last week to visit my constituency and see at first hand the problems caused by and resulting from British Rail . |
| 23 | Deceptively simple and restrained at first , then juicy , almost lychees , with a salty/grassy finish . |