Example sentences of "first few hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 2 | But by all means take a flask of tea or coffee to drink during the first few hours , but flasked drinks always taste stale after ten or twelve hours . |
| 3 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 4 | Your body is most amenable to replenishing muscle glycogen in those first few hours after exercising . |
| 5 | Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later . |
| 6 | In the first few hours following fertilisation , the embryo is not particularly tolerant of high temperatures but , by the next day , its tolerance appears somehow to have increased . |
| 7 | In the first few hours after the verdict , 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct . |
| 8 | Taken together , these results suggest that proteins synthesized from pre-existing mRNA are required for the maintenance of LTP during the first few hours ( corresponding to LTP2 in the classification shown in Box 1 ) . |
| 9 | Our inability to standardise the timing of the initial packed cell volume is unfortunate as large changes in plasma volume occur in the first few hours of life . |
| 10 | In our first few hours of membership we are highly attuned to some of the assumptions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In your first few hours in a new place , while you 're still dazed , before you can even really believe you 've arrived , you see it more vividly and more clearly than you ever will again . |
| 13 | Fear had been at its pitch during the first few hours and days . |
| 14 | I found it very difficult for the first few hours , but after watching the robots and using my skill at cheating I was able to watch somebody else to find out how to complete each screen , of which there are lots . |
| 15 | Dawn can be hectic during lambing ; the warmth of the day helps the new-born lamb survive its first few hours and staff work round the clock in case something goes wrong . |
| 16 | He 'll be , he 'll be quiet for the first few hours , he wo n't sort , say anything , then he |