Example sentences of "[v-ing] it in the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
| 2 | Yeah if you have to moan about that you should n't be driving it in the first place . |
| 3 | This is normally accompanied by the equally widespread concentration on the factual content or the basic manipulative skills in the material and the associated neglect of the higher-level objectives that were probably the author 's main motivation in developing it in the first place . |
| 4 | A new sensitivity to the subject is suggested by the series of laws and practices concerning it in the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Thought you were so damn smart getting it in the first place , and drink has blurred you so much you 've blown it . |
| 6 | We must assume that someone wants to see a recording , otherwise there was no point in recording it in the first place . |
| 7 | I WAS more startled at the amount Mr Lamont was allowed to run up on his card rather than his doing it in the first place . |
| 8 | We do n't actually want to catch people shoplifting , our aim is to try to put them off doing it in the first place . ’ |
| 9 | Bursting a good big dam , or even just letting it overflow , is almost as satisfying as planning and building it in the first place . |
| 10 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 11 | There was a big surge of local optimism when Martin Crowe won what appeared to be a very important toss — not that winning it in the first Test had done NZ much good . |
| 12 | so if you 're putting it in the second half of the second term |
| 13 | The precautionary principle suggests that , as the future damage done by pollution is often more costly than the extra expense of avoiding it in the first place and in any case it is often unacceptable , even if a money cost ca n't be put on it , then prevention is better than cure . |
| 14 | We want to go that step further and win the Bledisloe Cup after narrowly missing it in the Second Test against the All Blacks last year ’ , he said . |