Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] in [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now fitted with the superior 2.9-litre engine , the latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year — 48 per cent falls are the norm . |
| 2 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 3 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 4 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 5 | ‘ If you believe that , why did you stay here in the first place ? ’ |
| 6 | Why does go down in the first place ? |
| 7 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 8 | Dyspnoea ; they wake from sleep with a sense of suffocation , a sense of choking which can come on in the first sleep , a sense of strangulation when lying and especially when anything is around the neck ; neck is very sensitive to touch . |
| 9 | They 'll all come off in the first wash . |
| 10 | The firm which supplied the scaffold blames the boy 's parents for letting him play there in the first place . |
| 11 | I think christmas should start everywhere in the first week |
| 12 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
| 13 | And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’ |