Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
2 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
3 | Where the remedy has been too ‘ strong ’ for the patient 's vitality this has always shown itself on the first few doses and it has merely been necessary to wait a day or two for the over-reaction to settle and then to begin again using greater dilution . |
4 | I 'd been hurt — the man I thought loved me had not only jilted me and stolen my money , but admitted that he had n't wanted me in the first place . |
5 | I have n't asked her since the first time . |
6 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
7 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |