Example sentences of "they [verb] in the first [noun sg] " 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 Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds .
4 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 . ’
5 The only rough treatment they got in the first half , worked in their favour , as Jim Magilton was hauled down , but up he bounced to hit home the penalty .
6 The development plans which they produced in the first decade of independence were for the most part competent , well thought out and well presented .
7 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 .
8 They showed in the first half why they were the bookies ’ favourites , ’ he said .
9 Rangers had lost some of the invention they displayed in the first half , but still had Ferdinand eagerly searching for a goal .
10 They went in the first ambulance with the man with the facial injuries .
11 They did in the first century , and they do still when the Christians come out of their ghettos and chatter the good news in the streets .
12 They have in the first year written 30,000 plans with a total of £900 million sums assured recording £100 million in premium income .
13 He did n't want them jailed in the first place .
14 So it still was n't gon na meet the actual need that prompted them to occur in the first place .
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