Example sentences of "[vb past] not [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the outside world did not at first grasp its significance , the Israeli leadership positively refused to do so . |
| 2 | The girl 's eyes did not at first stray in my direction so I was able in safety to look at her , to examine her , for quite some time . |
| 3 | They were mainly concerned to cement national unity and did not at first grasp the complexities of the problem and its interaction with political opposition , particularly among the Miskitu . |
| 4 | Having himself come from a close family he did not at first regard his wife 's involvement with Chloe as unusual . |
| 5 | The headquarters ' 38-set ( see Appendix 5 ) could not contact Ryder on the MGB and Newman did not at first realise how few men were ashore . |
| 6 | I was told that one reason why many Conservative politicians were sympathetic towards our Report was because they did not at first realise that our insistence that all children should speak and write Standard English did not involve any recommendation about RP . |
| 7 | The other member , who might have been expected to buy it for his own son , a young man recently qualified in law , did not at first do so ; he said business was unreliable , there were not enough clients , the reputation of the firm had been allowed to run down . |
| 8 | When , in March , she realised her period was overdue , Liza did not at first worry . |
| 9 | Wrapped in her own thoughts , she did not at first hear what her husband was saying and only became aware of his monologue when Hank said : ‘ Say , Dad , that 'll be good . ’ |
| 10 | This did not at first include the canon of the Mass , but the momentum of change was such in the early post-conciliar period — moreover , the absurdity of retaining an isolated island of Latin was so obvious — that this quickly followed . |
| 11 | Something struck his face , though he did not at first realise what it was . |
| 12 | Between a failed , boarded-up jeweller 's and a grocer 's displaying a windowful of sunshine cornflakes was a dark cavern of a shop , so dimly lit one did not at first notice it as it bowed its head under the tenement above . |
| 13 | The more successful the shops became , the more the branch managers reported back on those lines which sold well , thereby wielding a power which Laura did not at first wish to accept . |
| 14 | Both were so absorbed in their activities that when the float went down , they did not at first respond . |
| 15 | Lost in thought , Eochaid did not at first hear the shouting outside , or see Thorfinn thrusting his way through the crowd to the door until he had almost gone . |
| 16 | The advent of the spinning jenny did not at first destroy home employment in spinning . |
| 17 | Those solicitors , the first defendant , realised what had happened and did not at first read the papers . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , about five years , but then I did n't at first have anything to judge my pain against . |
| 19 | He was a senior , dedicated member , and it did n't at first appear that he had committed any atrocities , but we later found out that he was responsible for denouncing people who had anti-Fascist sympathies , and that it was because of him that we had been taken to Tabiano . |
| 20 | A man she did n't at first recognise . |
| 21 | It was the time of Entertaining Mr Sloane , a play Ken did n't at first see himself . |
| 22 | I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence … |
| 23 | She had not at first taken it seriously . |
| 24 | These arguments had not at first cut much ice with social democrats , but two further ideological strands came to prominence in this period which helped to put the advocates of social progress through public spending and ‘ welfarism ’ onto the defensive , or even convince them of the folly of their ways : the monetary theory of inflation , and the ‘ too few producers ’ thesis of Bacon and Eltis ( 1976 ) . |
| 25 | And as he had n't at first referred to the wedding-dress , last night or until they 'd reached the spinney that morning , so he did n't refer now to the fantasies of Timothy Gedge that were turning out not to be fantasies at all . |
| 26 | But there was a purpose and he was reminded of it , a purpose which seemed to Mr Dass to be so petty that he had n't at first been able to take it seriously . |