Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [pron] [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first .
2 Wycliffe had not seen her at first .
3 Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location .
4 He said , ‘ There was such a crowd round the chap on the table I could n't see him at first .
5 Ah did n't see him at first .
6 I did n't see her at first .
7 You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle .
8 I could n't see anything at first and Mister Johnny said , sit still and wait , and I sat still , and then the island sort of moved .
9 And I could n't see anything at first .
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