Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 2 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |
| 3 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 4 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
| 5 | If he had told me that the first half was going to be crap , I would n't have bothered to watch it in the first place . |
| 6 | In response , the largest bird importer in the US , A.A. Pare , has argued that " What we 're doing is salvaging the birds … if they stay in the jungle , they 're not going to have it in the next five years … |
| 7 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 8 | Why bother to do it in the first place ? |
| 9 | If I do n't manage to contact you in the next few days , I 'll still send these questionnaires in the hope of a splendidly useful response . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As golf is another favourite Hastings sport and an ideal means of relaxation it probably does n't help his back problem that he gives the ball such a lick as to threaten to land it in the next kingdom ! |
| 12 | But there 's a big question mark over whether they could afford to keep him in the Third Division . |
| 13 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |
| 14 | And it was and I who wanted to see it in the first place . |
| 15 | ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’ |
| 16 | So even if the associate has , has er , obtained the cheque but has n't managed to get it in the next day , and he dies in an accident . |
| 17 | ‘ I honestly believe I can score goals at any level and I plan to prove it in the next month . |