Example sentences of "be [verb] on in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 2 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 3 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 4 | This poem is about the death of one of Wilfred Owen 's fellow soldiers and this is focused on in the first stanza . |
| 5 | The importance of the parallel market is touched on in the first two sources above , and also in Podolski ( 1986 , Chs 5.2 and 6.2 ) , Llewellyn et al. |