Example sentences of "[vb past] the first few " in BNC.
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| 1 | We came together as a group almost by accident , but there was a convergence of our experiences and a symmetry to our ideas which made the first few months of our existence one of the most stimulating and electrifying of my life . |
| 2 | Tenderly , she laid the first few bundles in the pail and sat back on her heels , blackened fingers curled , like a housewife waiting for the stove to light . |
| 3 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 4 | The light was bad but Peter deciphered the first few lines of the left-hand page . |
| 5 | They drove past the two figures and Terry sounded his horn that played the first few bars of the Star Spangled Banner . |
| 6 | He played the first few premier league games this season instead of Wallace , and had a few rave reports . |
| 7 | I pulled out the compass , held it horizontally close to my eyes , let the needle settle onto north , looked that way and mapped the first few feet in my mind . |
| 8 | She stretched out her legs , bare beneath a white cotton skirt , opened the first few buttons of her blouse , and fanned herself lightly . |
| 9 | ‘ I think he really enjoyed the first few , then the stories and the music got so trite , but he 'd go ahead and do them . |
| 10 | He watched the first few matches tee off , then joined the trickle of early spectators following the Red route round the course . |
| 11 | When the studio manager asked him to say something to check the microphone levels , he recited the first few lines of The Wreck of the Deutschland with appropriate gestures . |
| 12 | Rab , with his new moves , a much more attacking play — he shifted his chequers like a whirlwind — won the first few games in fine style . |
| 13 | TI 's Sparc marketing manager Phil Campbell said the first few lots of the reconstructed chip will be coming off the line in December with volumes following sometime during the first quarter . |
| 14 | On the way home through Canada I wrote the first few chapters of a book about my views on the tour . |