Example sentences of "you [verb] [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many techniques for stress reduction can be appropriated by the same injunctions to succeed that got you stressed in the first place , and should be discontinued if you spot that they have been subverted in this way ( unless your goal has also changed along the way from stress reduction to record-breaking ) . |
| 2 | Indeed , is this not what you advised in the first place ? |
| 3 | Once you begin lying , it is hard not to go on because it is impossible to explain why you lied in the first place . |
| 4 | Comfort eating and disliking yourself are two classic symptoms of depression , so try to work out why you started in the first place . |
| 5 | I thought you were an experienced professional or I 'd never have let you go in the first place ! |
| 6 | More than likely , you came out of the cinema wondering why you went in the first place . |
| 7 | ‘ Although you should n't need to hear it , and you should never have believed what you did in the first place … |
| 8 | That way you see what it was you liked in the first place , and you see it fresh and clean again — like new . |