Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [art] first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
| 9 | 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 ) ! |
| 10 | ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’ |
| 11 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
| 12 | Yes , his pulse does race , but mostly , he says , ‘ with admiration for the medieval masons and carpenters who built it in the first place ’ . |
| 13 | Yeah if you have to moan about that you should n't be driving it in the first place . |
| 14 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 17 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 20 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 21 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 22 | ‘ Were n't you surprised to have seen him in the first place ? |
| 23 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 24 | It should be remembered that recovery is a process of improving perception and is not merely an intellectual process : if sufferers could fully see and understand what they were doing to themselves , they would not have done it in the first place . |
| 25 | they , they should of done , but they did n't , the point is they should n't of left it the last minute , they should of done it in the first place |
| 26 | This is normally accompanied by the equally widespread concentration on the factual content or the basic manipulative skills in the material and the associated neglect of the higher-level objectives that were probably the author 's main motivation in developing it in the first place . |
| 27 | But , apart from the fact that there are some patients who , however straightforward their problem may seem , insist upon knowing what caused it in the first place , self-understanding is the key to the successful resolution of any emotional problem . |
| 28 | I was just going to mention the fact that if you have had breast cancer you can not go on H R T cos it was a hormone that caused it in the first place ! |
| 29 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
| 30 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |