Example sentences of "[vb pp] it in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The norw. team who looked sure to qualify have vasted it in the last two games by loosing away and have no chance to qualify . |
| 2 | The joyrider that we interviewed , he was fairly upset and he wished that he 'd never done it in the first place . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Have you done it in the last sort of few weeks ? |
| 6 | yeah , I 've seen it in the last day or two |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | 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 : |
| 11 | ( Have I got it in the first place ? |
| 12 | I may never know it in this world but I shall be told it in the next . |
| 13 | Kate had been so busy looking around the room that she 'd rather forgotten why they had entered it in the first place . |
| 14 | Causes of change are many — the government , the unions , OPEC , the Argentines , company mergers , new brooms , technological change , recession , unemployment , legislation , EEC — you name it , you 've experienced it in the last few years . |
| 15 | He explained about the legend and the Monument and the meteorite that had brought it in the first place . |
| 16 | McCarrick put them ahead in the eighth minute and they should have settled it in the 67th when Muir had a penalty saved , but Rimmer made no mistake from the spot to level the scores in the 83rd minute . |
| 17 | Should have taken it in the second half , but they could n't find the net . |
| 18 | He was not much older than Peter and he looked puzzled , as if wondering not only how to end this conversation but how he had begun it in the first place . |
| 19 | It was also one of the most economical , which was why Kolchinsky would have purchased it in the first place . |