Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] it [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Church no doubt helped to speed up the decline of slavery ; it did not cause it in the first place . |
| 2 | I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first . |
| 3 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 4 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 5 | he 's saying he did n't say it in the first place . |