Example sentences of "first it had been " 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 been merely a matter of borrowing her mother 's scarves and veils , draping these around herself or twisting them into turbans and sashes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At first it had been his physical beauty , then the cast of his mind . |
| 6 | At first it had been a shock and had made his heart beat faster . |
| 7 | She thought at first it had been shot . |