Example sentences of "first it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first it had been harrowing , but he had grown used to it . |
| 2 | At first it had been like being spied on , but now she forgot them most of the time , except when she wanted to do something she should n't . |
| 3 | At first it had not mattered that the rain prevented him from going outdoors ; there was so much to talk about between himself and Uncle Walter ; they had not seen each other for twelve years . |
| 4 | It was dreary beyond belief , and at first it had the effect of offsetting his own emotional night . |
| 5 | TI was well aware of the risks of mounting a hostile takeover — the £497m bid for Dowty was the first it had attempted since its joint bid for British Aluminium in 1959 . |
| 6 | At first it had been merely a matter of borrowing her mother 's scarves and veils , draping these around herself or twisting them into turbans and sashes . |
| 7 | At first it had seemed he was only there to sit out the war with his French woman , but then the summons had come from the Dutch army and Isabella had known that her husband would follow Sharpe . |
| 8 | At first it had been an irritation but now he had grown strangely accustomed to it — a break from the monotonous silence that filled the prison . |
| 9 | At first it had been his physical beauty , then the cast of his mind . |
| 10 | At first it had been a shock and had made his heart beat faster . |
| 11 | At first it had seemed that the damage was slight , just a lot of pain and some bruising , and even after X-rays had shown a number of broken bones there had still been no reason to suppose that he would n't heal . |
| 12 | At first it had amused her , because his Englishness could have stood out like a sore thumb , could have made them , indeed , appear inferior in some subtle way , less smooth , less cultured , provincial . |
| 13 | At first it had affected Mr Cosmo very little , but when the little screen began putting out quality material , the Cosmo ( then under the control of George 's son Ronald Singleton ) was no longer viable and the family sold it , with great reluctance , to the Scottish Film Council . |
| 14 | She thought at first it had been shot . |