Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] in [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either you have lost the letter or you did n't have it to lose in the first place , in which case the king never gave it to you , i which case he gave it to me , in which case I would have put it into my inside top pocket in which case ( Calmly producing the letter ) … it will be … here . |
| 2 | This is what one would expect in a process that feeds back positively on itself , further promoting the conditions that got it going in the first place . |
| 3 | As a rule of thumb , moving a nearly new greenhouse will only cost about the same as it would to have it erected in the first place . |
| 4 | The overiding feeling among local people is one of relief that the party is over — what many are asking though , is why it was allowed it to start in the first place . |
| 5 | Indeed why did it flourish in the first place ? |
| 6 | Since the downfall of military regimes in South America and elsewhere provide clear evidence that no political structure relying solely on coercion can hope to survive for long , we should not be surprised to find that the most effective form of social control involves attempts not to crush opposition but to stop it arising in the first place : that is , by the control of people 's ideas , rather than of their actions . |