Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a fan of the BCR though he came to know it only in the last few years of its life . |
| 2 | love is kind enough not to leave them there in the first place . |
| 3 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | I planned to do it alone in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | I was lucky enough to knock him out in the first round . |
| 6 | he played once more before the Lord 's show-piece and was called six times for throwing in the Hampshire match , but the selectors decided to risk him again in the second Test , where he was to meet his fate at the most famous ground in cricket . |
| 7 | But I never felt that he was going to get me out in the second innings . |
| 8 | Murray bought his compass and they walked on together , beginning the skein of meaningless jokes and catchwords which was to bind them together in the next few weeks . |
| 9 | He had n't been exactly jumping for joy to have her here in the first place , as she knew very well . |
| 10 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |
| 11 | With more complex circuits , having to remove the transfers after taking all that time to lay them down in the first place , is wasteful . |
| 12 | Peter Roberts of Kuperard , who launched the charity scheme last year , says this is enough to purchase 350 mats ( against the 90 he was able to distribute last year ) , and he is planning to hand them out in the second week of January . |