Example sentences of "first i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First I am going to look for Kathy . |
| 2 | ‘ At first I was dazzled , and covered my eyes , and there did n't seem the smallest change ; the roar of the Strand and the roar of the reef were like the same : hark to it now , and you can near the cabs and buses rolling and the streets resound . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ At first I was upset by this development , ’ said one official , ‘ but then I realised that with so many places selling the same things either they would go bust or they would have to channel their efforts into other , more necessary things . ’ |
| 4 | First I was saved in eternity in the plan of God the Father , next I was saved at Calvary through the atoning work of God the Son , finally I was saved on Monday 30 June 19 – through the converting work of God the Holy Spirit . ’ |
| 5 | When my master summoned me and told me you had written to him , at first I was angry with you for betraying my and I blessed you . |
| 6 | The town centre hotels which were suggested were fiendishly expensive and at first I was told nothing else was available . |
| 7 | If at first I was disconcerted by her appearance , she was no less surprised by mine . |
| 8 | I was using a hand-pump , and then an electric pump to stimulate my milk supply , although at first I was too distressed and unmotivated to do it as often as necessary and consequently did n't produce anything when I did pump . |
| 9 | First I was in a room where people stood crowded together in the atmosphere of a cocktail party . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , at first I was lonely and missed the free-and-easy atmosphere I had left behind , until I began to get to know people . |
| 11 | At first I was too busy writing research reports and later on I had become completely engrossed in purely human studies . |
| 12 | At first I was very surprised by the average standard of play ; it 's fantastically high when you consider cuts regularly falling at 2 or 3-under-par . ’ |
| 13 | At first I was exhilarated to be able to make such a statement . |
| 14 | At first I was humiliated to tears ; later I became hardened ; later still I accepted it as a fact and did not even try to deny it . |
| 15 | The Hollywood blonde added : ‘ It 's such a powerful role that at first I was afraid . |
| 16 | At first I was delighted in the breadth and fullness of her singing , but after a while I missed any sense of Desdemona 's inner vulnerability or much nuance , particularly in her Act 4 scena . |
| 17 | At first I was angry at him , frightened for him , but now suddenly I get this rush of joy , watching him race out there into the cold level space of the stilled river , free and warm and vivacious in that smoothed and frozen silence . |
| 18 | At first I was delighted to be at home again . |
| 19 | At first I was scared , but after a while I got used to it . |
| 20 | At first I was very thankful to be alive . |
| 21 | At first I was completely alone , reading or wandering around . |
| 22 | At first I was brazenly happy , bullish with solipsistic joy ; yet most of the time I was puzzlingly , naggingly unhappy . |
| 23 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 24 | At first I was too busy to see any change in myself , but one morning after a few weeks our flight was coming to the end of a five-mile run . |
| 25 | He added slowly , his deep voice unsteady , ‘ I admit , at first I was sure you were , but then you led me to believe … ’ |
| 26 | At first I was a friendly , forthcoming little boy , very ready to talk , perhaps to boast about journeys I had made and things I had seen . |
| 27 | At first I was doubtful about taking him , for he did not look strong ; but the Sandfords assured us that he had stood up to several long treks with them , invariably producing good meals even under the most unfavourable conditions , that he never interfered with other people , and was always ready to lend a hand at any job . |
| 28 | At first I was clumsy but then my old skill returned . |
| 29 | At first I was totally humiliated , and then I suppose in my heart , I truly believed that in that one week that he was mine , I could teach him to love me and to forget that Rachel even existed . |
| 30 | At first I was bitterly jealous of Rachel and only wanted Jacob to love me more than her to win something from her for the first time in my miserable life , but by the end of that blissful week , I found that I , unfortunately , had also fallen victim to his charms . |