Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] 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 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
3 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 .
4 ‘ We did n't compete in the first half and if we miss tackles like that we 're not going to beat anybody .
5 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 .
6 so er erm and do n't forget in the first year all you 've got to do is pass
7 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 .
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