Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] there [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | love is kind enough not to leave them there in the first place . |
| 2 | For Christians , it is a grave mistake to confuse God with our inner desires , even if God placed them there in the first place . |
| 3 | By the time that Lothar arrived in Paris , probably in the 1180s , perhaps earlier , the theology taught there was no longer the speculative , probing theology of Peter Abelard ( which was perhaps the reputation that had brought him there in the first place ) , but had become more concerned with practical issues and doctrine . |
| 4 | After calling for non-Muslim forces to be withdrawn from the Gulf , they cursed the Saudi Arabian government for inviting them there in the first place , and took a side-swipe at Israel for having occupied the West Bank in 1967 . |
| 5 | It seems to epitomise the whole range of values and ideas that have taken me there in the first place . |
| 6 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |
| 7 | He never wanted me there in the first place . |
| 8 | Have it there for the first month or something . |
| 9 | ‘ she has never seen what is good , how can she be good ? ’ — Vincent quoted from Zola 's L'Assommoir to back up his contention ; or perhaps he had read it there in the first place and appropriated it . |