Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] at first " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate .
2	I helped her at first but it was a mistake . ’
3	I admired her at first , wanting to help the slaves .
4	I liked him at first , but … ’
5	Her face was straight as she looked at him and she spoke the truth when she answered , ‘ I liked it at first ; it was like a holiday after school , but not so of late . ’
6	Now let us explore what lies behind the contemporary appearance of quite another group of towns : towns which reveal nothing at first sight of their secret , physical history , and which indeed seem to have little or nothing in common as one looks at them and around their streets .
7	‘ It was her beauty which attracted me at first , ’ said Mr Jefferson , who was a produce buyer for NAFFI for more than 37 years .
8	Several people were listening but nobody said anything at first .
9	She hated it at first , she would n't drive it .
10	But she hated it at first .
11	When I was a trainee my deputy fresh foods went it with me , and like he 'd sit there and he 'd say right this is how you do it at first and then he 'd let me do some and well I 'd do them and he 'd say why have you done that and I 'd tell him and then he 'd let me do it
12	While the pop princess ' disappointment at finding a wedding ring firmly on his finger seemed real enough to viewers ( and is confirmed by those who witnessed it at first hand ) , Banderas likes to believe it was all an act for the cameras .
13	All this was owned by the d'Urbervilles , or the Stoke-d'Urbervilles as they called themselves at first .
14	Last night we had a phone call , oh it frightened me at first actually , I answered the phone
15	‘ I was n't even sure he liked me at first . ’
16	They look like rust — it fooled me at first .
17	It suited me at first to have you believe there was someone in my life .

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