Example sentences of "have [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was feeling a deep ache of loss for something she had never had in the first place . |
| 2 | The pleasure smoking brings is simply the satisfaction of a craving that , if one did n't smoke , one would n't have in the first place . |
| 3 | Yeah , I would have in the first place , but it was just impossible ! |
| 4 | This is coupled with a situation where the local authority , having in the first place backed a particular scheme such as mink-farm construction on Trondra , is reluctant to make a U-turn in its attitude for fear of incurring compensation costs . |
| 5 | And although it will grea , greatly help some women , unfortunately some women are unable to tolerate it , the side effects it gi , it gives them are worse than the actually symptoms they 're having in the first place . |
| 6 | Many countries who received aid to introduce the Green Revolution had repressive regimes , whose policies had in the first place brought about the poverty . |
| 7 | Fear of losing what we never had in the first place . |