Example sentences of "[vb pp] him [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 2 | ‘ Were n't you surprised to have seen him in the first place ? |
| 3 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |
| 4 | Makarenko also dealt summarily with the Poltava educational authorities who had appointed him in the first place . |
| 5 | Within ten minutes he was on the move again but came towards me very fast and swam into the weeds that formed the roof over the hole where I had hooked him in the first place . |
| 6 | Either she could say that Derek was the biggest fool the world had ever seen — in which case she would stand , self-confessed , as an even bigger fool for having married him in the first place . |