Example sentences of "[prep] the first [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 2 | I often wish I could live them over again , even though for the first four years I had to supplement my poor earnings by doing evening jobs . ’ |
| 3 | For the first twenty years he was confined in prison-like conditions , somewhat alleviated at Broadmoor , where terraces allowed views of the surrounding countryside . |
| 4 | For the first few years they were happy together . |
| 5 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 6 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 7 | I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins . |
| 8 | For the first three years he endured abject misery . |
| 9 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 10 | During the first ten years he developed many new lines , and the earliest existing price-list ( 1842 ) offers sixteen varieties of drinking chocolate and eleven cocoas . |
| 11 | ‘ I found that within the first two years I more than trebled my external income simply because I was entertaining at a large conference-style table in a nicely furnished area . |
| 12 | ‘ In the first two years we will establish 6,000 nursery and after school places and offer staff the chance to choose the hours they work , ’ she said . |
| 13 | In the first four years it nearly halved the PSBR , or borrowing requirement , from 5 per cent of GDP in 1978 — 9 to 2.7 per cent in 1982 — 3 and Britain had a markedly tighter fiscal stance than her Western European neighbours . |
| 14 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 15 | Over the first five years he introduced new locomotive designs and continued the development of the main-line ‘ Pacific ’ type , incorporating detailed improvements pioneered by George Jackson Churchward [ q.v. ] of the Great Western , whose work he greatly admired . |