Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] for [art] first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans countered by accepting this for the first ten years , but adding an extra M per cent interest , bringing the annual figure to £40 million for the remaining fifty-two years . |
| 2 | Yeah well , you see , we found that for the first three or four years now they 've gradually dropped off a bit , but they did used to , I mean they still come , but it |
| 3 | Patients were interviewed monthly for the first five months and every three months thereafter . |
| 4 | ‘ With Amber I felt sick for the first five months , ’ she says . |
| 5 | He had been boxing in South Africa for three years and , according to boxing historian Gilbert Odd , had remained unbeaten for the first two years ( 1978 , pp.18–19 ) . |
| 6 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 7 | He had been held scoreless for the first twenty-five minutes of the game but certainly went to town afterwards ! |