Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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1 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
2 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |
3 | It reached a point where a number of people 's art collections began to be more valuable than the businesses that had allowed them to buy in the first place . ’ |
4 | By removing the incentive to become or to stay competitive , countries risk losing in the longer term the benefits they sought in the first place . |
5 | He did n't want them jailed in the first place . |
6 | So it still was n't gon na meet the actual need that prompted them to occur in the first place . |