Example sentences of "do [adj] [prep] the first [noun sg] " 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 | They did n't do much in the first game and we 're unbeaten away . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |
| 7 | It makes far more sense to do two for the first day , then you can judge how many you can get through in a day from those two . |
| 8 | Just to be safe , turn off the electricity and remove the fuses for the downstairs lighting Circuit and the upstairs ring main while you do this on the first floor — these cables are under the floorboards . |