Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're sure to give the go-ahead , otherwise they would n't have chucked it out in the first place . |
| 2 | Erm with a view to saying really , providing we 've got it in by the first of April next year |
| 3 | And since he 'd opened it up in the first place — and he definitely owed David Dennis a drink for putting him onto it — every chance of a couple of TV spots on the strength of it . |
| 4 | Could that even have been why Branson had invited her back in the first place ? |
| 5 | That area of your life not only is of no interest to me , but I also consider it in very poor taste that you should have brought it up in the first place ! ’ |