Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first [det] weeks [conj] " 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 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 .
3 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 .
4 Avoid rigorous vacuuming and shampooing during the first few weeks after your new carpet has been fitted .
5 Do you remember that paradox of love , of the first few weeks and months of Passionate Love ( it 's capitalized , like the recipe , to begin with ) — the paradox about time ?
6 Many children develop allergies in the first few weeks or months of life , and often these improve as the years go by .
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