Example sentences of "[vb past] in the first few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The independence of the people 's committees was not ultimately compatible with communist rule in north Korea and problems occurred in the first few months of communist dominance . |
| 2 | He was also ready for office , and was delighted when an offer came in the first few weeks of the new Government . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | The women I met in the refuge , and others I met in the first few weeks of my journey , stated their own investment in this book : they did n't want to be objects observed , they wanted to be its subjects . |
| 5 | Here is a sample from conversation with two psychologists , the topic of conversation being the linguistic difficulties — particularly , the intrusions of completely unwanted and irrelevant words — KC experienced in the first few weeks after his stroke . |
| 6 | The tackle he made in the first few minutes when Giggs was straight through on Beeny must be enough to get him Young Player of the Year . |
| 7 | Some in Europe who had maintained the Yellow Sword declared it was an extremely difficult fish , only giving birth to about 20 very week fry — which often died in the first few weeks . |