Example sentences of "do [adj] [prep] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He should have done that in the first place , and I should have thought about what I was doing instead of just floating along with whatever he put to me . |
2 | Okay so we could do that in the first place we could say one pizza there well we 've got two pizzas but we 'll let's just concentrate on one , share it between six people . |
3 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't do that in the first place ? ’ |
4 | I could n't understand why you did n't do that in the first place . |
5 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |