Example sentences of "the [num ord] few [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I imagine that this would be a good finger exercise for resting concert pianists — after the first few minutes my digits were dead ! |
| 2 | After the first few sentences he became bewildered , agitated , thunder-struck . |
| 3 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
| 4 | After the first few incidents I began to suspect there was a pattern , so I tried to find it . |
| 5 | Their troubled relationship with Prost notwithstanding , Honda 's successful assault on the bastions of Formula One is admirably chronicled by Christopher Hilton in Conquest of Formula One , although his somewhat hectoring style makes the first few pages something of a battle . |
| 6 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 7 | I do yeah absolutely as as as the first few times we did it you know . |
| 8 | The first few times I lit the stove , up popped yellow flames and I turned it off . |
| 9 | The first few times you go it 's interesting and exciting as anything new is , but eventually it 's hot and dusty and really quite boring . |
| 10 | In the first few weeks they treated his wife nicely . |
| 11 | For the first few weeks their existence was bedraggled and formless . |
| 12 | For the first few weeks I was seldom off the toilet bowl myself . |
| 13 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |
| 14 | And indeed for the first few weeks there is a manic response of getting up at the usual time and finding things to do , but which gradually subsides into grief and depression . |
| 15 | After the first few lessons it is important to take it easy and not rush around as this may undo the teacher 's work and the process will take longer to be effective . |
| 16 | If you experience fret buzz on the first few frets you have over-tightened things . |
| 17 | The first few occasions I experienced this enigma I put it down simply to the fact that I was fishing too far out and the bream were brushing against the line and giving me ‘ line ’ bites . |
| 18 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 19 | He often reminisced about his contribution to the manufacture of sodamide , an essential reagent in the production of M & B 693 , making the first few batches himself using molten sodium and ammonia — an exciting reaction to control . |
| 20 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 21 | ‘ For the first few days they were all a bit subdued , ’ Bob said . |
| 22 | Well for the first few days I found enough energy to take an occasional dip in the pool and play a leisurely game of bowls . |
| 23 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 24 | To her disappointment Nahum only seemed to visit the old and sick , and after the first few days he no longer took her with him , having suffered embarrassment each time he introduced his new wife whose youth could n't be disguised . |
| 25 | During the first few nights he had found sleep almost impossible . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | For the first few months I was just having it now and again and then I was having a bit more . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own . |