Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] in [art] first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath .
2 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 .
3 ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ?
4 Why does go down in the first place ?
5 I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’
6 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 .
7 They 'll all come off in the first wash .
8 And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’
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