Example sentences of "they [adv prt] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of getting rid of the programmes , they should sack the bosses who put them on in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ I wonder if these councillors realise that anglers are among the people who vote them in in the first place , and who they are supposed to serve ? , ’ he asked . |
| 3 | No , it 's the ones who bring them in , who brought them in in the first place — ’ |
| 4 | With more complex circuits , having to remove the transfers after taking all that time to lay them down in the first place , is wasteful . |
| 5 | Portadown piled them up in the first half . |
| 6 | We never got them out in the first place . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm a good fighter , I 've had 18 wins in 18 fights , and knocked seven of them out in the first round . |