Example sentences of "[verb] they in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 2 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 3 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 4 | What cases like these show is not just that reform measures are often ineffectual , it is that — as with word meanings — their reception and transmission can not be controlled by the people , in this case the feminists , who proposed them in the first place . |
| 5 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 6 | If schemas are widely held , it should usually be obvious to the manager what they are — especially , of course , if he or she aimed to establish them in the first place . |
| 7 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
| 8 | Wolves overtook them in the first division table during the week . |
| 9 | These jobs are usually seen as benefits , certainly by the workers who flock to take them up , and by the governments that have established incentive programmes to attract them in the first place . |
| 10 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 11 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 12 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 13 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 14 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 15 | As mentioned earlier , it is possible to treat certain phobias ( although not all ) by hypnosis without ever having to discover what caused them in the first place , and for some patients this is all they require . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | But that still does n't tell me why you 're wearing them in the first place , does it ? ’ she grinned . |
| 19 | But it could provide the electricity in the factories to build them in the first place . |
| 20 | I am not arguing therefore that metaphors should not change , but that it is impossible for us to change them organically unless we understand them in the first place . |
| 21 | But erm , after the erm forty four Act of course , things began to er develop quite quickly and erm we then had what we called erm discretionary awards or minor awards we called them in the first place |
| 22 | You lost them in the first place . |
| 23 | There is a North Region branch of the British Agency for Adoption and Fostering in your area , and I suggest you contact them in the first instance . |
| 24 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 25 | If nobody damn well tells them in the first place that they can opt out then they ca n't opt out can they ? |
| 26 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |
| 27 | This section of the book is designed to help you come to terms with your deepest emotions and the people or events which may have caused them in the first place . |
| 28 | A key concern that runs through all these debates and to some extent actually inspired them in the first place is whether one can draw clear boundaries between the social classes . |
| 29 | But Blakelock had the best opportunity to do that , and he would n't need to have taken them in the first place . |
| 30 | Batty and Speed although not finished products were reasonably good players when Wilko arrived and Bremnar was fairly consistently playing them in the first team . |