Example sentences of "first i could " in BNC.
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1 | You know the Burkha , at first I could n't wear it , I had never worn it before . |
2 | At first I could n't see them , but when I heard a little quack I had a close look and saw them all there huddled together and trying to keep warm . |
3 | I was so bemused that at first I could do nothing but stare . |
4 | At first I could not devote so much time to the orchestra but by the early 1960s I was coming to a position where I was able to be with the orchestra a very great deal , working for eight or ten days at a time on concerts , records , and films . |
5 | ‘ At first I could not believe it , but when I saw it hanging on the wall of this house , I was flabbergasted , ’ he said . |
6 | At first I could not understand how Beethoven could triumph over God . |
7 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
8 | At first I could n't walk down the street on my own . ’ |
9 | At first I could n't believe it . |
10 | It fascinated me , though at first I could not tell why . |
11 | The house was dark , and at first I could n't see very well . |
12 | At first I could not understand — but then when she had , whispering , explained properly , I was filled with a desolate , despairing horror . |
13 | They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me . |
14 | At first I could n't understand what was happening . |
15 | When I went to Roundhay first I could still see fairies . |
16 | It was obviously made to stand up with its foot on something which at first I could not make out for all the dust and dirt but eventually realised was a skull . |
17 | At first I could n't let myself grieve . |
18 | at first I could n't have known |
19 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
20 | She was lying almost abeam of us , and at first I could n't see her hull , but only a sort of thickening of the mist that turned out to be her mast . |
21 | At first I could not speak because I hated him so much . |
22 | At first I could not believe you thought this was the house and later … well , I enjoyed listening to you going on about it . |
23 | The words happened to be the first I could enunciate . |
24 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
25 | At first I could find no cause , I panicked , if I could go blind in one eye without a cause , perhaps I could go blind in the other . |
26 | At first I could n't believe it , it seemed ludicrous , but it 's the only explanation that fits the facts . ’ |
27 | Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines |