Example sentences of "[pron] up [prep] [art] first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 2 | And since he 'd opened it up in the first place — and he definitely owed David Dennis a drink for putting him onto it — every chance of a couple of TV spots on the strength of it . |
| 3 | That area of your life not only is of no interest to me , but I also consider it in very poor taste that you should have brought it up in the first place ! ’ |
| 4 | It was difficult to abandon the RPF precisely because de Gaulle had so compromised himself and his unique prestige by setting it up in the first place , by fighting elections , and by being a politician " like the others " . |
| 5 | Well he brought it up in the first place . |