Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] in [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 2 | Now fitted with the superior 2.9-litre engine , the latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year — 48 per cent falls are the norm . |
| 3 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 4 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 5 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 6 | So you 've had a sharp increase in our shareholders ' funds during the six months and a reduction in our net debt which may not be quite as er substantial as you expected but it is the combination of on the one hand the proceeds of Elsivir less some reinvestment which Frank mentioned , we put a little more money in B S B and the minority interests and we do have traditionally in the first half an adverse net movement of funds from operation about ninety five million and then we had thirty two million odd er of simply revaluation as a result of translating our dollar debt at er the one sixty as opposed to the year ending rate . |
| 7 | ‘ If you believe that , why did you stay here in the first place ? ’ |
| 8 | Why does go down in the first place ? |
| 9 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | Dyspnoea ; they wake from sleep with a sense of suffocation , a sense of choking which can come on in the first sleep , a sense of strangulation when lying and especially when anything is around the neck ; neck is very sensitive to touch . |
| 11 | They 'll all come off in the first wash . |
| 12 | CAPTAIN Will Carling last night told England to sing up and play up in the first 20 minutes or risk Naas Botha wrecking their hopes of winning today 's historic international at Twickenham . |
| 13 | ‘ A ’ used tae , but a' never expected tae come here in the first place so a' gave up wonderin' what comes next . ’ |
| 14 | Oxford Union treasurer Toby Lewis said : ‘ Mr Clinton has got very fond memories of Oxford and we are very optimistic he will come here in the first two years of office . |
| 15 | The firm which supplied the scaffold blames the boy 's parents for letting him play there in the first place . |
| 16 | I think christmas should start everywhere in the first week |
| 17 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
| 18 | And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’ |