Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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1 | Er what was your first idea of what you was gon na be when you grow up in the first place ? |
2 | Then none of this rot about wars and boundaries would have come up in the first place . ’ |
3 | We 're quite good at rearing them these days but even so their chances are hugely reduced by being picked up in the first place |
4 | In fact the Ravenscraig , present Ravenscraig was built up on the first place from a steelworks known then as Corral Steelworks . |
5 | Unfortunately , whether the contract drawn up in the first place has been a correct one or not , I 'm not sure . |
6 | Researchers now believe the phenolic flavonoids , by acting as anti-oxidants , prevent the damaging fat building up in the first place . |
7 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
8 | To try and reduce the potential for stress to build up in the first place . |
9 | When political conflicts rage , it is far harder to take on the awkward task of asking why this particular standard was set up in the first place . |
10 | But the basic , but the basic problem is the way it was set up in the first place , |
11 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
12 | A gene ca n't affect the wiring up of a brain unless there is a brain being wired up in the first place . |
13 | There wo n't be a brain being wired up in the first place , unless there is a complete developing embryo . |
14 | Yes so why did you say shut up in the first place ? |