Example sentences of "[verb] here in the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donna shivered and decided to head back to the car , not even sure why she had come here in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here . |
| 3 | The possibility of getting that accommodation encourages many refugees to come here in the first place . |
| 4 | What about for traders I mean , erm obviously you ca n't really c er why you ca n't comment on the fact that er how your father o o can you comment on how your father actually moved here in the first place . |
| 5 | But in that case why had he been invited here in the first place ? |
| 6 | ‘ Tell me how you got here in the first place . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If you believe that , why did you stay here in the first place ? ’ |