Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the first few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 2 | Try and keep them dry , and take the painkillers we 'll give you for the first few days . |
| 3 | Medication is not always the right resource in times of distress , but there are certain situations that are so terrible that you will need something to help you through the first few months . |
| 4 | Where the remedy has been too ‘ strong ’ for the patient 's vitality this has always shown itself on the first few doses and it has merely been necessary to wait a day or two for the over-reaction to settle and then to begin again using greater dilution . |
| 5 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 6 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 7 | In retrospect , it seemed that the Lord protected her for the first few days , and then … |
| 8 | In fact , my sheer busyness had squeezed out the close intimacy I had known with him during the first few months of the year after my operation . |
| 9 | Francie grinned , and joined in with her after the first few phrases . |
| 10 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 11 | WHEN I BEGAN to write about Thrush Green in 1958 , I described it in the first few pages of the book I called Thrush Green , and a little later as seen by Ruth Bassett from the bedroom window of her late grandfather 's beautiful house overlooking the green . |
| 12 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 13 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |