Example sentences of "[to-vb] he in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 2 | What Boy had to do now was not walk down those streets , but stand still and choose amongst their inhabitants , choose the right one to follow , the right one to lead him in the next stage of his journey or wandering through the city . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place . |
| 5 | But there 's a big question mark over whether they could afford to keep him in the Third Division . |
| 6 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |
| 7 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |
| 8 | It 's been over a year since Russell kept wicket for his country , and even the England selectors now agree it was a mistake to drop him in the first place . |
| 9 | The commission now has the task of finding another country to take him in the next five days , and it is not optimistic . |