Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you were an experienced professional or I 'd never have let you go in the first place ! |
| 2 | What a recipe for disaster — going back to that Spanish girl who 'd got him sacked in the first place , and then … |
| 3 | These last few months of building a new identity had enabled him to relax for the first time in years . |
| 4 | It reached a point where a number of people 's art collections began to be more valuable than the businesses that had allowed them to buy in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | The overiding feeling among local people is one of relief that the party is over — what many are asking though , is why it was allowed it to start in the first place . |