Example sentences of "[art] first few [noun pl] after the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first few hours after the verdict , 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct . |
| 2 | The first few days after the burial she had felt like dying herself , mostly of shame , but she had set about her tasks with the same efficiency as always , and if she did n't speak to anyone it was because words would have brought fresh tears . |
| 3 | In almost all investigations of any size , one investigator can be occupied full time taking statements during the first few days after the accident . |
| 4 | Condemnation was at once forthcoming from many politicians , but in the first few days after the murders Mr Kohl turned down invitations to appear on television , preferring to offer his denunciation from the pages of a newspaper . |
| 5 | Widespread ‘ light nights ’ were observed over Eurasia for the first few nights after the Tunguska event . |
| 6 | State socialism has not been very successful in transferring technology between countries , and has brought its own kind of exploitation ( as the Yugoslavs discovered in the first few years after the war ) . |
| 7 | During the first few years after the British first gained control over the Low Country there was much administrative confusion . |