Example sentences of "[art] first few [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 After the first few incidents I began to suspect there was a pattern , so I tried to find it .
2 The first few times I lit the stove , up popped yellow flames and I turned it off .
3 For the first few weeks I was seldom off the toilet bowl myself .
4 For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate .
5 The first few occasions I experienced this enigma I put it down simply to the fact that I was fishing too far out and the bream were brushing against the line and giving me ‘ line ’ bites .
6 Well for the first few days I found enough energy to take an occasional dip in the pool and play a leisurely game of bowls .
7 The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates .
8 For the first few months I was just having it now and again and then I was having a bit more .
9 Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face .
10 For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things .
11 For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness .
12 I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins .
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