Example sentences of "do it [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
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 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
6 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
7 | Why bother to do it in the first place ? |
8 | I WAS more startled at the amount Mr Lamont was allowed to run up on his card rather than his doing it in the first place . |
9 | We do n't actually want to catch people shoplifting , our aim is to try to put them off doing it in the first place . ’ |
10 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
11 | I did it in the first year , I 'm in the fifth year now , that was four years ago . |
12 | And then do it on the first time well if he wanted , he do n't have to go . |