Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 2 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them 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 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 5 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
| 6 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 7 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 8 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 9 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 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 ? |