Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] in the first " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place .
2	The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly .
3	If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’
4	His own oeuvre , lacking perhaps the soaring inspiration of Paul De Lamerie [ q.v. ] or Paul Crespin , nevertheless places him in the first rank .
5	‘ Villa totally outclassed us in the first half and we were extremely lucky only to be a goal down .
6	If nobody damn well tells them in the first place that they can opt out then they ca n't opt out can they ?
7	‘ I 'm very lucky because I 'm sure there are loads of managers who get fed up with their artists music or maybe never even liked it in the first place !
8	If you have any complaints , please address them in the first instance to the Warden/Manager who is authorised to deal with them .
9	Batty and Speed although not finished products were reasonably good players when Wilko arrived and Bremnar was fairly consistently playing them in the first team .
10	The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place .
11	‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’
12	The only sensible course was never to start it in the first place .
13	Listen , if you go off and become a goatherd you never loved her in the first place .
14	A key concern that runs through all these debates and to some extent actually inspired them in the first place is whether one can draw clear boundaries between the social classes .
15	You never wanted him in the first place . ’
16	If you say , as sometimes judges in Court cases do , sometimes child abusers do , oh she led me on , she was eager and willing , oh she erm , well judges do n't actually say it in the first person , do they , usually ?

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