Example sentences of "at first [vb pp] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just as nobody at first believed that the Germans slaughtered Jews , nobody wanted to believe that young American soldiers could kill women and babies . |
| 2 | It was at first assumed that the Queen Mother would leave the hospital early this morning , but this now appeared unlikely . |
| 3 | The French Navy passed the problem to the DGSE who at first suggested that the simplest course of action was to tow the Rainbow Warrior out to the test area . |
| 4 | In discussions at a meeting on Jan. 4 , when European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers at first feared that the Baker-Aziz meeting might not take place , Roland Dumas , the French Foreign Minister , argued for EC talks with Aziz and a proposal for " linkage " between an Iraqi withdrawal and a Middle East peace conference on wider issues . |
| 5 | It was at first feared that the car bomb had been planted by terrorists and nearby residents in the Liverpool suburb were evacuated while Army bomb disposal experts examined the scene . |