It's why he called the Circle together in the first place.

"Perhaps this is why you got called to Texas in the first place."

Why the hell did I call in the first place?

"I mean since I'm the one who called in the first place."

And the landrail called, it seemed, in the very place where the fire had been.

Never should have called her in the first place.

I made a mistake calling you in the first place.

"So why didn't you call him in the first place?"

What is this thing called in the place from which you come?

You should have called him in the first place.