We sent the boat out to buy him in the first place.

I didn't want to buy it in the first place.

"That's when we will find out if I should have bought it in the first place," he said.

Why'd you buy a house there in the first place?

We should never have bought it in the first place.

"You will now buy a round for everyone in the place."

How many really weren't worth buying in the first place?

Not just to buy in the first place, but to own and run, too.

But who to convince to buy them in the first place?

People who bought the wrong newspapers in the first place.