Example sentences of "for the first few " in BNC.
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| 31 | So , for the first few days of his visit , Edouard explored the city alone , except for the servant . |
| 32 | This can be reduced a little if she goes in with all she needs for the first few days : a clean dressing-gown , slippers , a change of night clothes and bedjacket and all the toilet articles and other small items she is likely to want . |
| 33 | For the first few years the work was concerned with the Old Red Sandstone along the southern margin of the Highlands but soon men were stationed at various points around the Grampians , including the Moray Firth area , and were advancing towards the higher ground . |
| 34 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 35 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 36 | Choose a sun protection factor of 15 or more for the first few days . |
| 37 | The autumn , for the first few years , brought our greatest problem . |
| 38 | For the first few weeks their existence was bedraggled and formless . |
| 39 | only for the first few days |
| 40 | For the first few months of 1952 flying concentrated on standardising the instructors and from February , with the arrival of the first B.2s , type conversion for the staff . |
| 41 | With Lindsey 's Corsair being the only one of its type in Europe , airshow organisers had to approach him if they wanted a Corsair in their flying display , and for the first few years John Allison and Lindsey flew all over Europe with the aircraft . |
| 42 | ( Because I do n't tie the yarn to the machine , I hold the end instead , beneath the machine , for the first few rows , while maintaining enough tension to help the edge stitch ( knit . ) |
| 43 | For the first few years , that would be the big problem for the resettlers too , but a pipeline was being built that would bring a supply down from Canada . |
| 44 | I would n't go shopping for the first few weeks . |
| 45 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | For the first few days , Dawn would pull at the jesses with her beak every ten minutes or so . |
| 48 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 49 | A public road threads a delightful passage through woodlands in the company of river and loch for the first few miles , ending at a car park from which further progress is possible only by walking — and further progress should certainly be made . |
| 50 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 51 | Throughout the field investigation there will obviously be exchanges of information between the engineering , operational , flight recorder and pathological investigators , and for the first few days at least there will be regular meetings for mutual consultation at the end of each day 's work . |
| 52 | Most Bangladeshi mothers breastfed their babies for the first few weeks , switching to either combination or bottle feeding after this period . |
| 53 | Widespread ‘ light nights ’ were observed over Eurasia for the first few nights after the Tunguska event . |
| 54 | For the first few weeks of term this was a problem . |
| 55 | This was in excess of 10% for the first few months and was over 20% in some parts of Wales . |
| 56 | ‘ Your main priority is to get to know the city as quickly as possible , so we 'll be acting mainly as back-up for the first few days . |
| 57 | For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own . |
| 58 | Prince Charles argued that they should be brought up initially by Mabel Anderson , his childhood nanny , and then a governess employed to educate the boys for the first few years in the privacy of Kensington Palace . |
| 59 | They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks . |
| 60 | For the first few months I was just having it now and again and then I was having a bit more . |