Why the hell didn't I drive back in the first place?

Though far from home, she is not able to escape the memories that drove her away in the first place.

Next recall the ideals that drove you into public service in the first place.

Yeah if you have to moan about that you shouldn't be driving it in the first place.

Respect is what drove him into radio in the first place.

Other times counseling is needed, to find the things that drove them to catatonia in the first place.

"Hell, Margo, who taught you to drive in the first place?"

We know, of course, what was driving him on so in the first place.

Many are finding, however, that the threat of violence that drove them away in the first place remains very real.

"And a lot of the advertising that drove these magazines in the first place is not coming back."