Example sentences of "[verb] for the first [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be reduced a little if she goes in with all she needs for the first few days : a clean dressing-gown , slippers , a change of night clothes and bedjacket and all the toilet articles and other small items she is likely to want . |
| 2 | As a full stomach makes it even harder for a baby with RDS to breathe he was n't able to feed for the first few days and relied on the drip . |
| 3 | The CAT scanner which the hospital wants for its X ray department will cost £600,000 to buy and run for the first few years . |
| 4 | Would it be worth actually having a , having a sort of a planning meeting , say you know for the first half hour of one of these meetings , the next one say that we have , you know , a wall planner , you know , a chart and |
| 5 | All I wanted to do for the first few weeks was to let Skipper get to know me and his surroundings . |
| 6 | At least , this is how Mary , Freda and I felt for the first few weeks . |
| 7 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 8 | Sometimes grace periods are granted which means that no repayment of the loan 's principal is required for the first few years . |
| 9 | I would n't go shopping for the first few weeks . |