Example sentences of "that [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went meekly , and she wished that she 'd said that in the first place . |
| 2 | Okay so we could do that in the first place we could say one pizza there well we 've got two pizzas but we 'll let's just concentrate on one , share it between six people . |
| 3 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't do that in the first place ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ He should have done that in the first place , and I should have thought about what I was doing instead of just floating along with whatever he put to me . |
| 6 | I could n't understand why you did n't do that in the first place . |
| 7 | I could have told you that in the first place . |
| 8 | Now , I do agree with that , that if you phone up and somebody phones you and they just talk to you and then for about five minutes later , the person at the other end of the phone says , ‘ I 'm in a meeting ’ , and you just thought ‘ Well , why on earth did n't you say that in the first place ? ’ , so there is another side to that one . |