Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 2 | It was Mr Duggan 's vision that secured Eurovision in the first place for Millstreet , against the odds . |
| 3 | ‘ And do n't forget , you were the one who contacted Mike in the first place . |
| 4 | The roughness and sheer wild irrationality of Lewis 's domestic persona were matched by the genuinely warm-hearted impulse which had led him to befriend Havard in the first place . |
| 5 | She remembered the fights she had had to keep Eve in the first place , when so many other solutions were being offered . |
| 6 | After all , she had signed Sting in the first place ( she had even given him a list of music-business lawyers to consult at the time , but he had used the Newcastle lawyer because he was cheaper ) . |
| 7 | And thereupon the said Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons pursuant to their respective letters and Elections being now assembled in a full and free representative of this nation taking into their most serious consideration the best meanes for atteyneing the ends aforesaid Doe in the first place ( as their Ancestors in like Case have usually done ) for the vindicating and asserting their antient rights and Liberties , Declare . |