Example sentences of "you [verb] [pers pn] in [art] first " in BNC.

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1 There is a North Region branch of the British Agency for Adoption and Fostering in your area , and I suggest you contact them in the first instance .
2 One returns to a half-dug hole as to a part-written love-letter , wondering why you started it in the first place and doubting whether it will ever be completed .
3 You lost them in the first place .
4 Well you were obviously , well you prescribed it in the first place
5 I just wonder why you gave it in the first place . ’
6 Well you answered it in the first , in the first answer that they got jobs they were employed er the , the rural labourers were able to , to get employment in urban areas er where wages were slightly above those wages that they could reasonably expect in agriculture and because they were actually productive making goods and services they helped the development process .
7 ‘ And , if you thought I might be , why did you hire me in the first place ? ’
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