Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] in [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 32 | ‘ Were n't you surprised to have seen him in the first place ? |
| 33 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 34 | It should be remembered that recovery is a process of improving perception and is not merely an intellectual process : if sufferers could fully see and understand what they were doing to themselves , they would not have done it in the first place . |
| 35 | they , they should of done , but they did n't , the point is they should n't of left it the last minute , they should of done it in the first place |
| 36 | This is normally accompanied by the equally widespread concentration on the factual content or the basic manipulative skills in the material and the associated neglect of the higher-level objectives that were probably the author 's main motivation in developing it in the first place . |
| 37 | But , apart from the fact that there are some patients who , however straightforward their problem may seem , insist upon knowing what caused it in the first place , self-understanding is the key to the successful resolution of any emotional problem . |
| 38 | I was just going to mention the fact that if you have had breast cancer you can not go on H R T cos it was a hormone that caused it in the first place ! |
| 39 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
| 40 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 41 | now lets hear three cheers for Gloucester rugby club … on Saturday they won at London Irish in the league … a victory that could help keep them in the first division |
| 42 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |
| 43 | After all , ’ he threw at her , ‘ I 'm sure it was a mere oversight that they forgot you in the first place . ’ |
| 44 | It was this strange subterranean thumping that had wakened and drawn her in the first place . |
| 45 | We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place . |
| 46 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 47 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 48 | well I suppose their motto is , she had a C D ten on her driving licence , I suppose she should n't of had it in the first place so if she had n't of had it , he would n't of got it ! |
| 49 | This is the earliest known picture of the house , and shows it in the first half of the nineteenth century before the ground level at the front of the building was raised |
| 50 | The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ? |
| 51 | And because this phrase has been much abused and misunderstood , it may be useful at this point to refer back to Erikson , to whom we owe it in the first place . |
| 52 | Do n't overdo it in the first few days . |
| 53 | But remember it was your decision to buy it in the first place , nobody else 's , and if it 's you that 's wrong , or you that does n't suit the item , then you probably do n't have any entitlement to an exchange or a refund . |
| 54 | Mr Cinnamond said all the money was ploughed back into the club , except for what it took to pay back those who had put up the finance to buy it in the first place . |
| 55 | Sir Kenneth Newman , to whom the report was presented , candidly admitted he would not have commissioned it in the first place ( it was commissioned by his predecessor , Sir David McNee ) , while the official Police Federation magazine ( Police , December 1983 ) concluded in an editorial : |
| 56 | ( Have I got it in the first place ? |
| 57 | The movie version blows it in the first couple of minutes . |
| 58 | But that still does n't tell me why you 're wearing them in the first place , does it ? ’ she grinned . |
| 59 | Also , when you die you get to choose whereabouts on the screen to restart , avoiding the trap of landing you right in the middle of what killed you in the first place . |
| 60 | ‘ I wish I 'd never employed him in the first place ! ’ |