Example sentences of "n't [verb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that |
| 2 | And when you the schools , the shops in that area , I 'm not only surprised it was n't considered in the first place , but secondly , it is the key to the whole scheme and er although I 'm quite happy to move the erm recommendation , I must say that I have a very very deep concern regarding Road . |
| 3 | He 's not gon na get anything because it did n't finish in the first three but it was two hundred to one each way , he had two pound each way on it |
| 4 | Of course , if he looks dodgy then do n't stop in the first place ; just say that you do n't carry a watch . |
| 5 | ‘ We did n't compete in the first half and if we miss tackles like that we 're not going to beat anybody . |
| 6 | The pleasure smoking brings is simply the satisfaction of a craving that , if one did n't smoke , one would n't have in the first place . |
| 7 | so er erm and do n't forget in the first year all you 've got to do is pass |
| 8 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |