Example sentences of "me in the first [noun] " 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 . |
| 13 | She was once a Tory activist , but told me in the first week of the campaign she had lost faith . |
| 14 | ‘ Craig hurt me in the first round , but Robert told me to work harder and it all went well . ’ |