Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the first [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OUR flower gardens are full of blossom at the moment , carried on plants that will not survive beyond the first few frosts of autumn . |
| 2 | The CAT scanner which the hospital wants for its X ray department will cost £600,000 to buy and run for the first few years . |
| 3 | Depression and loneliness will descend after the first few days of nervous euphoria . |
| 4 | Let's briefly go through the first few generations of the main line of evolution in Figure 4 . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't listen after the first few words , ’ said Cyril , ‘ because it was so stupid . ’ |