Example sentences of "go in the [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what one would expect in a process that feeds back positively on itself , further promoting the conditions that got it going in the first place . |
| 2 | None of that extra quality , whatever it was , which had got the business going in the first place , which had ensured John-William success in those early rough-and-ready days of colossal risks and colossal returns , when so many had failed . |
| 3 | Finally , with ‘ Do n't walk on the wet edge , you 'll get a verruca ’ ringing in my ears , and ‘ Make sure your hair is BONE dry before you go out into the cold ’ ringing in my brain , we would lay siege to the fish-and-chip shop which was my main reason for going in the first place . |
| 4 | Even with such insight it has to be said : we go to the exotic other to lose everything , including ourselves — everything that is but the privilege which enabled us to go in the first place . |
| 5 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 6 | More than likely , you came out of the cinema wondering why you went in the first place . |
| 7 | Or was that where all the money went in the first place ? |
| 8 | They would n't of gone in the first place . |
| 9 | But Forest , who only let Walker go in the first place because he had a release clause in his contract , will also be in the hunt . |
| 10 | I thought you were an experienced professional or I 'd never have let you go in the first place ! |