Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a house is not built soundly in the first place , and if it is not kept in good repair , it will fail when put to the test . |
| 2 | Courier , who had not played well during the first two sets , said he received a pep talk from Agassi that really picked up his spirits . |
| 3 | It was something she had been determined not to do right from the first , and yet here she was , waiting for Alain Lemarchand , butterflies in her stomach threatening to make her feel sick . |
| 4 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 5 | And again , if he wanted to alter a painting later after its completion , if he did not go back to the first idea and atmosphere of conception , he could never make the alteration a success . |
| 6 | If the second measurement did not tally exactly with the first , it meant that there was something wrong with the patient 's stomach . |
| 7 | POMEROY social security office in Tyrone will not open today for the first scheduled signing-on since the IRA attack on a fraud squad investigator a fortnight ago . |
| 8 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 9 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 10 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 11 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |