Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resident male who was displaced then comes back and looks after all the eggs , including those of the pirate and the reason he does it presumably in the first place he ca n't distinguish which eggs he 's fertilized and those fertilized by the pirate and secondly , he knows he 's fertilized some of the eggs and therefore it pays him to stay and look after all of them . |
| 2 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 3 | Leaving Hong Kong had not just removed her from the battlefield ; it had left them alone in it together for the first time in their lives . |
| 4 | One of the original group , Crest Homes , has now decided to go it alone for the first stage of the project . |
| 5 | I planned to do it alone in the first place . ’ |
| 6 | And alas , I thought , my penitential journey over , they did n't do it separately in the first place . |
| 7 | ‘ I have always wanted to do it ever since the first time you took me to see it when I was young . ’ |
| 8 | Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size . |
| 9 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
| 10 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 11 | Order it correctly in the first place . |
| 12 | Have it there for the first month or something . |
| 13 | ‘ she has never seen what is good , how can she be good ? ’ — Vincent quoted from Zola 's L'Assommoir to back up his contention ; or perhaps he had read it there in the first place and appropriated it . |