Example sentences of "up in the [num ord] place " in BNC.
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1 | And since he 'd opened it up in the first place — and he definitely owed David Dennis a drink for putting him onto it — every chance of a couple of TV spots on the strength of it . |
2 | Then none of this rot about wars and boundaries would have come up in the first place . ’ |
3 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
4 | This should be followed by a separate section on how to set the system up in the first place and how to check that it is working properly . |
5 | ‘ There 's been a lot of talk about the £14 million funding for community care this year but the fact is £4 million of that went in setting the thing up in the first place and we 've only got £10 million left for the rest of the year , ’ said Coun Ron Kennedy . |
6 | When political conflicts rage , it is far harder to take on the awkward task of asking why this particular standard was set up in the first place . |
7 | Er what was your first idea of what you was gon na be when you grow up in the first place ? |
8 | A gene ca n't affect the wiring up of a brain unless there is a brain being wired up in the first place . |
9 | There wo n't be a brain being wired up in the first place , unless there is a complete developing embryo . |
10 | That area of your life not only is of no interest to me , but I also consider it in very poor taste that you should have brought it up in the first place ! ’ |
11 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
12 | It was difficult to abandon the RPF precisely because de Gaulle had so compromised himself and his unique prestige by setting it up in the first place , by fighting elections , and by being a politician " like the others " . |
13 | Sorry , Charles , Chair , can we er , in noting the report , also is there some way in which we can , the Committee can convey its appreciation to the people who take on this , must be onerous responsibility er , er , and also can we congratulate the people who thought the scheme up in the first place . |
14 | But the basic , but the basic problem is the way it was set up in the first place , |
15 | Unfortunately , whether the contract drawn up in the first place has been a correct one or not , I 'm not sure . |
16 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
17 | We 're quite good at rearing them these days but even so their chances are hugely reduced by being picked up in the first place |
18 | Researchers now believe the phenolic flavonoids , by acting as anti-oxidants , prevent the damaging fat building up in the first place . |
19 | To try and reduce the potential for stress to build up in the first place . |
20 | Well he brought it up in the first place . |
21 | Yes so why did you say shut up in the first place ? |