Example sentences of "[verb] she [prep] [art] first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’ |
| 3 | It was this strange subterranean thumping that had wakened and drawn her in the first place . |
| 4 | The most glaring sin is the failure of husbands adequately to interact with their wives ' ideas , and the ultimate wrong-headedness of not consulting her in the first place . |
| 5 | Listen , if you go off and become a goatherd you never loved her in the first place . |
| 6 | As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place . |
| 7 | It was just this power and seriousness that had fascinated her in the first place . |
| 8 | Had he done wrong in inviting her in the first place ? |