Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] for the first [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services .
2 As soon as the passport came through , Coleman should wait for the first convenient lull in the fighting in Beirut and then leave immediately .
3 The time set for one of the days is midnight , but it is not clear how long the Committee might sit for the first six days .
4 They had food in their saddlebags for two days , and the pack mules carried grain and hay for the horses , there being little forage in the hills the patrol would traverse for the first two days .
5 Active or REM sleep onset will persist for the first twelve months of life in normal infants .
6 The Department of Industry will pay for the first three years , but after that expects FABMS to pay for itself .
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