Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] first few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 2 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 3 | With Lindsey 's Corsair being the only one of its type in Europe , airshow organisers had to approach him if they wanted a Corsair in their flying display , and for the first few years John Allison and Lindsey flew all over Europe with the aircraft . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Throughout the field investigation there will obviously be exchanges of information between the engineering , operational , flight recorder and pathological investigators , and for the first few days at least there will be regular meetings for mutual consultation at the end of each day 's work . |
| 6 | For many years , both in the days of glassfibre and for the first few years of plastic , there was little variety in the shape of boats in general recreational use . |
| 7 | He had his eyes closed , and for the first few moments Belinda kept hers open , so she could see in extreme close-up the blurred crescents of his dark lashes resting on the smoothly tanned skin of his cheeks . |
| 8 | The oligosaccharides have been found to be particularly concentrated in colostrum — the thick , creamy pre-milk that is produced by the breasts in late pregnancy and during the first few days after birth before the breastmilk proper comes in . |
| 9 | ‘ And after the first few years , when you get over all that being in love , then it 's : ‘ Oh , this is the person I am living with . ’ |
| 10 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 11 | And er but er we got to know them eventually , but for the first few weeks , whilst we were in Devon , I think the five foreigners sort of got landed . |
| 12 | I was bound to get pregnant , but after the first few times , when I was really scared I thought " I 'll be lucky . " |
| 13 | But after the first few seconds , the rubbing was no longer painful . |
| 14 | Condemnation was at once forthcoming from many politicians , but in the first few days after the murders Mr Kohl turned down invitations to appear on television , preferring to offer his denunciation from the pages of a newspaper . |
| 15 | But in the first few feet the delight of winter flying , even in an open cockpit , was apparent . |
| 16 | Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate . |
| 17 | But within the first few months of opening , the hotel was on target and , if anything , had underestimated its weekend business . |