Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 2 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 3 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 4 | What cases like these show is not just that reform measures are often ineffectual , it is that — as with word meanings — their reception and transmission can not be controlled by the people , in this case the feminists , who proposed them in the first place . |
| 5 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 6 | If schemas are widely held , it should usually be obvious to the manager what they are — especially , of course , if he or she aimed to establish them in the first place . |
| 7 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
| 8 | Wolves overtook them in the first division table during the week . |
| 9 | These jobs are usually seen as benefits , certainly by the workers who flock to take them up , and by the governments that have established incentive programmes to attract them in the first place . |
| 10 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 11 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
| 12 | His own oeuvre , lacking perhaps the soaring inspiration of Paul De Lamerie [ q.v. ] or Paul Crespin , nevertheless places him in the first rank . |
| 13 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Staff wishing to avail themselves of this flexitime arrangement should discuss it in the first instance with their line manager . |
| 17 | No definition is spot on really , you can always find difficulties with it but they do sort of discuss it in the first paragraph . |
| 18 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
| 19 | Yes , his pulse does race , but mostly , he says , ‘ with admiration for the medieval masons and carpenters who built it in the first place ’ . |
| 20 | Yeah if you have to moan about that you should n't be driving it in the first place . |
| 21 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 22 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 23 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 24 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 25 | She was once a Tory activist , but told me in the first week of the campaign she had lost faith . |
| 26 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 27 | As mentioned earlier , it is possible to treat certain phobias ( although not all ) by hypnosis without ever having to discover what caused them in the first place , and for some patients this is all they require . |
| 28 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 29 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 30 | A year later Joe had arrived , and the first doctor in the district had attended her in the first room of what was now a complete frame house . |