Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if more deaths among the female goats resulted from the aberrant male breeding behaviour in this population , what caused them to behave so 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 | What I 'd like you to do just for the last ten minutes is to think of a member of staff you have who has a training need and think about how you will go about training them and the methods that you will use . |
| 4 | No wonder the ‘ troops on the ground ’ are cynical , for they know ‘ real work ’ is for young officers and is something to leave behind at the first opportunity ! |
| 5 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 6 | A curt note arrived shortly afterwards from Mauve , telling him to stay away for the next two months . |
| 7 | It also expects it to build gradually over the next two quarters and then start doing something serious in the fall . |
| 8 | Uncles and aunts were likely to be out of touch with what was happening to their family on the continent , and sometimes there were tensions and disagreements which had caused them to move away in the first place . |
| 9 | Smith added : ‘ We did n't plan for a start like that , but it helped us to play well in the first half . |