Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN I BEGAN to write about Thrush Green in 1958 , I described it in the first few pages of the book I called Thrush Green , and a little later as seen by Ruth Bassett from the bedroom window of her late grandfather 's beautiful house overlooking the green . |
| 2 | ( Have I got it in the first place ? |
| 3 | I did it in the first year , I 'm in the fifth year now , that was four years ago . |
| 4 | I earned it in the first place , so strictly speaking it 's still mine ; but you learn not to say some things in marriage . |
| 5 | Gradually these dreams came less often until they stopped altogether , although I still do n't know why I had them in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted him in the first place , ’ said Graham , ‘ but the management had already cast Cy Grant . |