Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | of the value of the scholarship and not bother to apply in the first place , but the major scholarship was worth at its maximum a hundred and fifty pounds |
| 2 | Either the individual can not get to sleep in the first place or he wakes frequently during the night . |
| 3 | As for tomorrow 's race , Jeremy ca n't realistically expect to finish in the first ten first time out . |
| 4 | Well indeed , and er , having got in , I suppose they proceeded to entertain your father with the music he did n't particularly want to hear in the first place ? |
| 5 | And delighted Blades , who began the season on a month 's loan at Molineux , insisted : ‘ I never wanted to leave in the first place . ’ |