Example sentences of "[adv] for the first few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | only for the first few days |
2 | Obviously for the first few days after I could n't sleep . |
3 | Just for the first few seconds she was back in the days after Hugh 's desertion . |
4 | Choose a sun protection factor of 15 or more for the first few days . |
5 | Well for the first few days I found enough energy to take an occasional dip in the pool and play a leisurely game of bowls . |
6 | when you start learning a language you are constantly collecting new words , so even if you have a computer and intend to use it for producing a dictionary you may still wish to have your vocabulary in a more accessible form than on a computer disk , at least for the first few months . |
7 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
8 | And indeed for the first few weeks there is a manic response of getting up at the usual time and finding things to do , but which gradually subsides into grief and depression . |