Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the first few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most complications occurred with the first few procedures when the technique was being developed . |
| 2 | The independence of the people 's committees was not ultimately compatible with communist rule in north Korea and problems occurred in the first few months of communist dominance . |
| 3 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 4 | He was also ready for office , and was delighted when an offer came in the first few weeks of the new Government . |
| 5 | It rained during the first few days . |
| 6 | It rained during the first few days . |
| 7 | State socialism has not been very successful in transferring technology between countries , and has brought its own kind of exploitation ( as the Yugoslavs discovered in the first few years after the war ) . |
| 8 | The women I met in the refuge , and others I met in the first few weeks of my journey , stated their own investment in this book : they did n't want to be objects observed , they wanted to be its subjects . |
| 9 | Here is a sample from conversation with two psychologists , the topic of conversation being the linguistic difficulties — particularly , the intrusions of completely unwanted and irrelevant words — KC experienced in the first few weeks after his stroke . |
| 10 | The tackle he made in the first few minutes when Giggs was straight through on Beeny must be enough to get him Young Player of the Year . |
| 11 | At least , this is how Mary , Freda and I felt for the first few weeks . |
| 12 | Some in Europe who had maintained the Yellow Sword declared it was an extremely difficult fish , only giving birth to about 20 very week fry — which often died in the first few weeks . |
| 13 | Again she went over the first few days of their itinerary in her mind . |
| 14 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 15 | She ran through the first few pages of each of the paperbacks , her mouth falling open as she read . |
| 16 | Lucy slept after the first few hours , and woke with a start from a nightmare where she was being chased and her feet were weighed down with heavy , heavy shoes . |
| 17 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |