Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] place " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Listening to tapes of bird calls will help you identify unseen birds too and help direct you to the best place to stand and look for them . |
| 5 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
| 6 | How could you direct a team when your staff practised half a dozen different scientific disciplines , used their own methods , were responsible for their own results , stood finally alone to justify and defend them in the only place where the quality of a forensic scientist 's work could properly be judged , the witness box of a court of law ? |
| 7 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Usual stuff — you arrange that on such-and-such a day you 'll turn up with so many people and so much luggage and he 'll transport you to the next place and when you turn up he pretends things have changed and you did n't say fifty but fifteen and anyway the price has gone up and so on and so bloody on until he gets the backhander he wants . |
| 10 | Normally when you copy , you copy somewhere different , er , which I could do , but er , I 'm gon na copy it to the same place . |
| 11 | But that line is a difficult one to draw , and some traders or lenders may inadvertently draw it in the wrong place . |
| 12 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 13 | I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours . |
| 14 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |
| 15 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 16 | I was the one who mucked up his texts worse than any of the others , that 's what made him notice me in the first place . ’ |
| 17 | Well , that 's always supposing you can get him in the first place , because the number of people who have actually seen him , you can count on one hand . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And , if you thought I might be , why did you hire me in the first place ? ’ |
| 19 | The Church no doubt helped to speed up the decline of slavery ; it did not cause it in the first place . |
| 20 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |