Example sentences of "for [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If , if you look at their work , for about the first hundred years after all of them , their work was widely , er , disparaged and rejected . |
| 2 | Choose a factor 8–10 for about the first five days , but be guided by sun intensity and location . |
| 3 | Harrington 's fortunes rose steeply for about the first 150 generations . |
| 4 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 5 | All these obligations were accounted for in the first recorded reference to the properties in the Company 's books on 19th April 1496 together with the £10 for John Randall the school 's first known Master , and the £4 6 8d to John Bockley , the priest at Longdendale . |