Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the first [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |
| 2 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 3 | Parents , on duty in turn , kept the egg warm and brooded the tiny chick for the first few days after hatching . |
| 4 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 5 | A public road threads a delightful passage through woodlands in the company of river and loch for the first few miles , ending at a car park from which further progress is possible only by walking — and further progress should certainly be made . |
| 6 | The ideal is to leave the ground balanced on the main wheel , and to hold a constant attitude for the first few feet of the launch while the aircraft gains height and speed . |
| 7 | He had quite enjoyed that kind of jealousy for the first few months of their marriage . |
| 8 | They took the same tube for the first few stops . |
| 9 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 10 | A sympathetic doctor may help and so will friends and family ready to give support and put up with unreasonable behaviour for the first few weeks or more . |
| 11 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 12 | This part of Enfield has those yellow sodium lamps that have that delicate rosy glow for the first few minutes after they are switched on . |
| 13 | ‘ Your main priority is to get to know the city as quickly as possible , so we 'll be acting mainly as back-up for the first few days . |
| 14 | Although weak , the baby was basically healthy , but she had to be kept in intensive care for the first few weeks . |
| 15 | He walked barefoot around the reception building , on the new tarmac for the first few strides and then onto the beaten earth pathway that would lead to the back , his flashlight beam ranging over the ground as he moved . |
| 16 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
| 17 | RIVER RIBBLE : High levels may cause a problem for the first few days . |
| 18 | He and Helen were blissfully happy , alone now in the house where they had lived with Helen 's mother for the first few weeks of their marriage . |