Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the first place " 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 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 4 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But that still does n't tell me why you 're wearing them in the first place , does it ? ’ she grinned . |
| 7 | Thought you were so damn smart getting it in the first place , and drink has blurred you so much you 've blown it . |
| 8 | The most glaring sin is the failure of husbands adequately to interact with their wives ' ideas , and the ultimate wrong-headedness of not consulting her in the first place . |
| 9 | We must assume that someone wants to see a recording , otherwise there was no point in recording it in the first place . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | First , how dare she assume that our main goal is to walk , without consulting us in the first place . |
| 13 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 14 | Had he done wrong in inviting her in the first place ? |
| 15 | Bursting a good big dam , or even just letting it overflow , is almost as satisfying as planning and building it in the first place . |
| 16 | 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 , |
| 17 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 18 | 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 . |