Example sentences of "i [prep] [art] first place " in BNC.
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1 | Not anything like it would have been if Uncle Bill had left it to me in the first place , because it will pay duty twice . ’ |
2 | ‘ It came from me in the first place , did n't it ? |
3 | My wife , Daphne , volunteered to stay and man — sorry , woman — the ramparts at home ; thus proving , not for the first time , she was far too bright to have married me in the first place . |
4 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
5 | Why did n't you show it to me in the first place ? |
6 | ‘ She did come to me in the first place . ’ |
7 | This books has been designed : by me in the first place with my subjects , writing and drawings ; then by the print designer . |
8 | I was the one who mucked up his texts worse than any of the others , that 's what made him notice me in the first place . ’ |
9 | I 'd been hurt — the man I thought loved me had not only jilted me and stolen my money , but admitted that he had n't wanted me in the first place . |
10 | That 's really how he persuaded me in the first place to pretend … ’ |
11 | ‘ And , if you thought I might be , why did you hire me in the first place ? ’ |
12 | If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place . |