Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first few months [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent .
2 For the first few months I was just having it now and again and then I was having a bit more .
3 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 .
4 For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own .
5 During the first few months he worked with a gang of local road-menders , filling pot-holes on the highway , smoothing cambers , paving the dirt tracks that led to ranches .
6 In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise .
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