‘ _early_ potatoes’

‘Two types of monad pollen are present in _early_ orchids, namely that with pollenkitt and that with elastoviscin.’

‘an _early_ goal secured victory’

‘she’s in her _early_ fifties’

‘ _early_ impressionism’

‘The unitary empire of the _early_ Islamic period had fragmented into numerous regional and local states.’

‘we agreed to meet at 6 am to get an _early_ start’

‘I congratulate all those MPs who have had the courage of their convictions in signing up to this _early_ day motion.’

‘we ate an _early_ lunch’

‘He’s off to Aus for a month on Thursday so we grabbed an _early_ Christmas drink down near his office in Leatherhead.’

‘the earlier chapters of the book’

‘Mr Miller told us that one question kept cropping up from an _early_ stage.’

‘you met my husband earlier’

‘The theme of the film almost echoed the stories depicted earlier on stage and was not a remarkable hit.’

‘I was planning to finish work _early_ today’

‘We turned into bed _early_ that night, readying ourselves for what we expected would be a long day.’

‘we lost a couple of games _early_ in the season’

‘A frank discussion _early_ in the game about its nature and extent is the best approach.’

‘I wrote this piece _early_ one morning’

‘In Beijing the announcement was put out _early_ on the morning of the 30th.’

‘she is on earlies’

‘With earlies you can’t get the tube to work because it’s not running so it’s the night bus or the bike.’

‘The Pembrokeshire crop won’t be harvested until May 7th, so they have imported earlies from Israel.’

‘The spokesman said the company was committed to maintaining its link with Pembrokeshire earlies.’