11.   At first I was terrified of being laughed at.

12.   At first I was very thankful to be alive.

13.   At first it was just a dot in the valley below, perched on the topmost branch of a lightning-blasted conifer.

14.   At first it was pleasant to lie back on the straw mattress and relax.

15.   At first it was too dark to make out the small animal, but eventually I made out two white-throated sparrows.

16.   At first no one was interested in the job but now applications are coming in thick and fast.

17.   At first she was blind in the dark, away from the candlelight, the soft glow of the bobbing lantern.

18.   At first she was shy but then she chattered about Nantes, how she missed the dark woods and green fields of Brittany.

19.   At first they were careful to keep their illegal practices secret, but as time went by, they grew more brazen.

20.   At first this was because of high levels of youth unemployment and latterly because of demographic trends.