Example sentences of "get [pron] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | We never got them out in the first place . |
| 2 | Erm with a view to saying really , providing we 've got it in by the first of April next year |
| 3 | Bream are not great fighters and if you got one on then you knew it would stay on ; the trouble was getting one on in the first place ! |
| 4 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 5 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 6 | Yeah , I know he 's admitted it already that does n't mean we 're not gon na get you back for the first time you fucking did it ! |
| 7 | Acceptance of the separate stages of rehearsal , drafting , revision , editing and publishing as normal practice for writers encourages children with special needs to express their ideas in writing more confidently than was possible when children were expected to get everything right at the first attempt . |
| 8 | an and we 're gon na get it out by the first of June . |
| 9 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 10 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |