Example sentences of "for about the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their first innings made only 205 , with 57 from Smith and 43 from debutante Bailey ( whose reward , after failing in the second innings , was to be dropped against Sri Lanka , one of the most astonishing pieces of selectoral crassness for years ) ; but on the second morning , in real sunshine for about the first time in the rubber , Foster bowled splendidly to decapitate the order . |
| 2 | Harrington 's fortunes rose steeply for about the first 150 generations . |
| 3 | What we normally do is get together with the rhythm section for about the first week or so — and it 's just heaven because you 're just a small band . |
| 4 | Choose a factor 8–10 for about the first five days , but be guided by sun intensity and location . |
| 5 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 6 | 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 . |