Example sentences of "you [verb] in the first [noun sg] " 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 Well try the the one you tried in the first equation
3 Indeed , is this not what you advised in the first place ?
4 Once you begin lying , it is hard not to go on because it is impossible to explain why you lied in the first place .
5 Comfort eating and disliking yourself are two classic symptoms of depression , so try to work out why you started in the first place .
6 language I remember you saying in the first year when you first came to Birmingham
7 I thought you were an experienced professional or I 'd never have let you go in the first place !
8 More than likely , you came out of the cinema wondering why you went in the first place .
9 ‘ Although you should n't need to hear it , and you should never have believed what you did in the first place
10 That way you see what it was you liked in the first place , and you see it fresh and clean again — like new .
11 You 've shown that you 've moved erm , substantially towards variable debt but there is obviously an outburst currency impact , you said in the first half .
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