Example sentences of "[to-vb] they [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 2 | If schemas are widely held , it should usually be obvious to the manager what they are — especially , of course , if he or she aimed to establish them in the first place . |
| 3 | These jobs are usually seen as benefits , certainly by the workers who flock to take them up , and by the governments that have established incentive programmes to attract them in the first place . |
| 4 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 5 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 7 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 8 | But it could provide the electricity in the factories to build them in the first place . |
| 9 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 10 | There were always hundreds of students asking their foreign teachers for this ‘ favour ’ to get them over the first hurdle of the going abroad process . |
| 11 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 12 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |