Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
| 2 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 3 | The Church no doubt helped to speed up the decline of slavery ; it did not cause it in the first place . |
| 4 | We do n't actually want to catch people shoplifting , our aim is to try to put them off doing it in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm very lucky because I 'm sure there are loads of managers who get fed up with their artists music or maybe never even liked it in the first place ! |
| 7 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |
| 8 | The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ? |
| 9 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 10 | The only sensible course was never to start it in the first place . |
| 11 | If you say , as sometimes judges in Court cases do , sometimes child abusers do , oh she led me on , she was eager and willing , oh she erm , well judges do n't actually say it in the first person , do they , usually ? |