Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would of course be equally or more aware of a nagging toothache , but there is the further difference that while he would shrink from awareness of the pain , in this case he wants to sustain and enhance the awareness just as he wanted to come to Regent 's Park in the first place , and can be judged to want it by the same kind of tests , for example his reluctance to be dragged away from the cage . |
| 2 | Mountbatten , as Chief of Defence Staff , welcomed the idea , if he did not actually sow it in the Prime Minister 's mind in the first place . |
| 3 | Not only does such an arrangement disrupt the child 's schooling — although arguably it has already been badly disrupted by the child 's absenteeism — but it can often also be a traumatic experience for the child , entrenching the resentment and disaffection which were among the major causes of the child 's truancy in the first place . |
| 4 | What craziness had led her to agree to Peter 's plan in the first place ? she asked herself , and what now … ? |
| 5 | Well th , the money 's for the child 's benefit in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ Why on earth did you want old Puddephat 's opinion in the first place ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | ‘ But why , ’ she asked , half cross , half mystified , ‘ did he go to Sam 's boatyard in the first place ? ’ |
| 8 | But then I ca n't imagine why you took such a risk with Sam 's life in the first place . ’ |
| 9 | He was stiff with disapproval at the notion of her carrying buckets of steaming hen mash about the place like any farmer 's daughter in the first place and any chance to cram her back into what he considered her proper place as a lady , he would take . |
| 10 | ‘ Such as the fact that it was Nicky 's idea in the first place , because she wanted to show off Taroko Gorge to me as it 's so famous , and that originally all three of us were supposed to go . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ This trip was Kelly 's idea in the first place . ’ |