Example sentences of "this in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they were smart enough to get bored , they would n't be doing a job like this in the first place . |
| 2 | Hybrid Tea bush types After attending to the basics or primary aspects — removing completely all dead , diseased and feeble wood ( you wo n't find much of this in the first year ) — seek to prune to outward-pointing buds that will grow out along the line of growth , not sideways , so that this growth leads to an open cup or shuttlecock shape . |
| 3 | It 's the Principle that got us started on all this in the first place , remember . |
| 4 | For clearly , if ever he trusted to this in the first place , he had come without any weapon . ’ |
| 5 | Fran walked with him to the door , wishing that she had never agreed to this in the first place . |