Example sentences of "never [verb] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never used it in the like people put it in the till . |
| 2 | Once the door was shut , they could have had a dance band going full blast and you 'd never know it in the next room . |
| 3 | I frequently give into their hands my best guns and never found them in the slightest degree disposed to take advantage . |
| 4 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 5 | I never get it in the right place . |
| 6 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |
| 7 | The only sensible course was never to start it in the first place . |
| 8 | Listen , if you go off and become a goatherd you never loved her in the first place . |
| 9 | You never wanted him in the first place . ’ |