Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first [det] hours " in BNC.

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1 John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness .
2 I found it very difficult for the first few hours , but after watching the robots and using my skill at cheating I was able to watch somebody else to find out how to complete each screen , of which there are lots .
3 He 'll be , he 'll be quiet for the first few hours , he wo n't sort , say anything , then he
4 Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques .
5 But by all means take a flask of tea or coffee to drink during the first few hours , but flasked drinks always taste stale after ten or twelve hours .
6 Taken together , these results suggest that proteins synthesized from pre-existing mRNA are required for the maintenance of LTP during the first few hours ( corresponding to LTP2 in the classification shown in Box 1 ) .
7 Fear had been at its pitch during the first few hours and days .
8 Lucy slept after the first few hours , and woke with a start from a nightmare where she was being chased and her feet were weighed down with heavy , heavy shoes .
9 In the first few hours following fertilisation , the embryo is not particularly tolerant of high temperatures but , by the next day , its tolerance appears somehow to have increased .
10 In the first few hours after the verdict , 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct .
11 Our inability to standardise the timing of the initial packed cell volume is unfortunate as large changes in plasma volume occur in the first few hours of life .
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