to start with

Example Sentences

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It was the only tennis match to start with a piglet being handed over to one of the competitors - but this was no ordinary match.

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"I was scared by the loud bang to start with, and it was enormous," she said.

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"I was so scared. I was scared by the loud bang to start with, and it was enormous."

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This year's series had been set to start with the opening two matches in Jamaica in early December but England Netball and Netball Jamaica cancelled them, external after the hurricane.

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I once tried to protect a new signing by asking my club's commercial manager to award him man of the match for our home games when he was not having the best of times to start with.

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