1.  At first there seemed to be nothing there, but as he watched the figure of a man emerged.

2.  At first, after the normal welcomes and politenesses, the pre-dinner drink, their bitch had been about their little boat.

3.  At first it looked like a photograph of Ma Barker somehow got on the inside pages of The New York Times last week.

4.  At first she was despised the way Eleanor Roosevelt was despised.

5.  At first, to get any water at all, the squatters joined a gymnasium in their East Village neighborhood, Arrosa-Penagaricano said.

6.  At first, stocks rose a bit and bond prices fell slightly, nothing more than would happen on a day bereft of news.

7.  At first, this phone-home motif feels gimmicky, a distraction for us and an evasion for Blake.

8.  At least, not at first.

9.  At first glance, it seemed liked an unusual venue for La Mafia, a rather wholesome bunch despite the ominous name.

10.  At first gradually, but steadily.