Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 31 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | ‘ Were n't you surprised to have seen him in the first place ? |
| 34 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 |
| 37 | It is very unlikely that a solar panel would chop your hand off if you accidentally put it in the wrong place , but the 36 in ( 91cm ) span of the larger wind generators can be deadly . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 ! |
| 41 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
| 42 | I could get tired of even roulette if I always played it in the same place . ’ |
| 43 | a lot of sixteen year olds are still having trouble with decimals like that and they 're adding them in the wrong place . |
| 44 | How could you direct a team when your staff practised half a dozen different scientific disciplines , used their own methods , were responsible for their own results , stood finally alone to justify and defend them in the only place where the quality of a forensic scientist 's work could properly be judged , the witness box of a court of law ? |
| 45 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |
| 46 | In this arcade adventure the aim is to collect the correct objects and drop them in the right place at the right time . |
| 47 | After all , ’ he threw at her , ‘ I 'm sure it was a mere oversight that they forgot you in the first place . ’ |
| 48 | It was this strange subterranean thumping that had wakened and drawn her in the first place . |
| 49 | We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place . |
| 50 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 51 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 52 | well I suppose their motto is , she had a C D ten on her driving licence , I suppose she should n't of had it in the first place so if she had n't of had it , he would n't of got it ! |
| 53 | The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ? |
| 54 | And because this phrase has been much abused and misunderstood , it may be useful at this point to refer back to Erikson , to whom we owe it in the first place . |
| 55 | But remember it was your decision to buy it in the first place , nobody else 's , and if it 's you that 's wrong , or you that does n't suit the item , then you probably do n't have any entitlement to an exchange or a refund . |
| 56 | Mr Cinnamond said all the money was ploughed back into the club , except for what it took to pay back those who had put up the finance to buy it in the first place . |
| 57 | Sir Kenneth Newman , to whom the report was presented , candidly admitted he would not have commissioned it in the first place ( it was commissioned by his predecessor , Sir David McNee ) , while the official Police Federation magazine ( Police , December 1983 ) concluded in an editorial : |
| 58 | ( Have I got it in the first place ? |
| 59 | If Alison Watt , poor little sausage , had measured the Queen Mum from ear to ear , and got everything in the right place in the same picture , people would probably tell her she was a genius . |
| 60 | But that still does n't tell me why you 're wearing them in the first place , does it ? ’ she grinned . |