Example sentences of "him [prep] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 2 | His illness would stand to him in the other place too . |
| 3 | What on earth has it got to do with him in the first place ? |
| 4 | Makarenko also dealt summarily with the Poltava educational authorities who had appointed him in the first place . |
| 5 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 6 | Indeed , the suggestion might well have come from him in the first place , which would have been so much better for everyone . |
| 7 | Within ten minutes he was on the move again but came towards me very fast and swam into the weeds that formed the roof over the hole where I had hooked him in the first place . |
| 8 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 9 | ‘ I may have got the idea from him in the first place , but that 's all . |
| 10 | Looking at her emaciated body , it was a miracle that she had given birth to him in the first place . |
| 11 | Why , one wonders , did they fire him in the first place ? |
| 12 | She was just cursing herself for not having had the courage to go straight over to him in the first place when he appeared again , a little further down . |
| 13 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 14 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |
| 15 | Elinor dreamily remembered what it was like to feel that your lover possessed all the wonderful qualities you wanted , before you realized that he did n't possess them , and that perhaps you had forced those qualities on him in the first place . |
| 16 | Certainly , it was these qualities that drew her to him in the first place , but now … these were not the true reasons why she stayed with him . |
| 17 | You never wanted him in the first place . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why the fuck did you get involved with him in the first place ? ’ |
| 19 | Either she could say that Derek was the biggest fool the world had ever seen — in which case she would stand , self-confessed , as an even bigger fool for having married him in the first place . |
| 20 | Well , that 's always supposing you can get him in the first place , because the number of people who have actually seen him , you can count on one hand . ’ |
| 21 | Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place . |
| 22 | I began to forget why I 'd been attracted to him in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Were n't you surprised to have seen him in the first place ? |
| 24 | How , then , could the government explain why he came to be in possession of a genuine birth certificate for a non-existent person without embarrassing the CIA , which had given it to him in the first place ? |
| 25 | He did n't remember being given that form ; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place . |
| 26 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 27 | Was n't that what had attracted her to him in the first place ? |
| 28 | ‘ Why did you get engaged to him in the first place ? ’ he questioned softly . |
| 29 | Can you give me some idea of erm h how you started up with him in the first place ? |
| 30 | ‘ I wanted him in the first place , ’ said Graham , ‘ but the management had already cast Cy Grant . |