Example sentences of "but after the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But after the first day on the outside , I started to relax . |
| 2 | She says — at first he was quite nervous , but after the first day he became much more confident and started his David Bellamy act , waving his arms about … |
| 3 | But after the first year , everyone who came below twentieth in the class was put down to the B stream . |
| 4 | She had received a few blows in her time , but after the first shock she had swung back . |
| 5 | Aye , there was er a Billy , a Harry , and er there was another lot come , I c I just ca n't remember their name but after the First World War this Billy used to come round this part and collect cast horses . |
| 6 | But after the First World War , there seemed to be quite a lot of lorries . |