Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm I ca I came to in the first place because it was the best teaching hospital in the Midlands at that time . |
| 2 | But how do you know who to talk to in the first place ? |
| 3 | Before we talk about the er er getting to the purpose of our meeting , erm , how long were you , how did you come to in the first place ? |
| 4 | He liked taking them apart and putting them together again in the wrong order to make new toys and would do this all day until he had forgotten what they looked like in the first place . |
| 5 | you 're not too sure what he wants , he 's agreed to see you next week , he does n't know why he 's seeing you but you go back and you present , so try and overcome rejection but the thing was he wants to in the first place . |
| 6 | If crime is learned from others ( as differential association proposes ) where did it come from in the first place ? |