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

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1 The Relieving Officer for East Greenwich , however , favoured giving relief to widows for the first few weeks after their husband 's death , but after that he believed some of the children should be taken into the workhouse , because he considered that an able-bodied widow should work .
2 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 . ’
3 I intend to keep the fry in a number of these nets for the first few weeks of their lives and feed them on newly hatched brine shrimp .
4 They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks .
5 She 'd lived without carpets for the first few weeks and it had been nearly a year before she 'd been able to ditch her old and undersized curtains .
6 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 .
7 Most Bangladeshi mothers breastfed their babies for the first few weeks , switching to either combination or bottle feeding after this period .
8 Although weak , the baby was basically healthy , but she had to be kept in intensive care for the first few weeks .
9 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 .
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