Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [art] first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place . |
| 2 | It was also based on the even worse assumption that the actual level of income support in April 1990 was sufficient for people to live on in the first place . |
| 3 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 4 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 5 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |