Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [prep] [art] first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then what are you doing out here in the first place ? ’ |
| 2 | But it is the husband who is responsible for paying it and who must acquire the money from outside in the first place . |
| 3 | ’ I did n't invite you in here in the first place ! ’ |
| 4 | Surely Tom one of the main criteria should be placing seats in the studio theatre for something with a bit more comfortable that way perhaps the punter 's will come back more often it 's easier to make a punter come back than it is getting in there in the first place . . |
| 5 | This is usually because they have not been adjusted correctly , something has loosened in use or they have not been put on correctly in the first place . |
| 6 | Not because the Harlequin man had sullied Meh'Lindi in Jaq 's eyes , oh no , no question of such a despicable thought — but because Carnelian had used pleasure as a weapon , therefore Meh'Lindi must reject dalliance with any such delights ; even if she had felt the faintest inclination to dally in the first place , and that was a dubious proposition . |