Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] in [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't think how he escaped in the first place , ’ complained the Home Secretary . |
| 2 | The house move necessitated my moving school , to Brackenbury in Hammersmith where I began in the third year . |
| 3 | Once you begin lying , it is hard not to go on because it is impossible to explain why you lied in the first place . |
| 4 | More than likely , you came out of the cinema wondering why you went in the first place . |
| 5 | Comfort eating and disliking yourself are two classic symptoms of depression , so try to work out why you started in the first place . |
| 6 | Swindon having been beaten in the League Cup recently by Bicester , erm looked as though they were going to make a real match of it today when they scored in the eleventh minute . |
| 7 | The first casualty of the match was , for a change , a West Indian fast bowler , when Marshall fractured his left thumb trying to stop a shot from Broad ; yet even this worked against England , for it simply inspired him to his best Test figures when he bowled in the second innings . |
| 8 | ( The pre-war record for the youngest player in League football , incidentally , is held by Geldard of Bradford , who was fifteen when he appeared in a Second Division match in 1929 . ) |