Example sentences of "[prep] the 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 . |