Example sentences of "speak [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clegg , in the first novel , is obsessed from the beginning , after he has heard Miranda speak for the first time , he says ‘ It haunted me . |
| 2 | I speak for the first time . |
| 3 | Lawrence Woodward , director of Elm Farm Research Centre , a small newly formed charity set up to research and develop organic agriculture , wrote to Prince Charles asking if he would speak at the first organic food conference to be held in Cirencester in January 1983 . |
| 4 | At that moment the priest , speaking for the first time , intervened . |
| 5 | The £2.5 million England striker , speaking for the first time since being charged with misconduct by the Football Association over the incident , said the furore surrounding his disciplinary problems was ‘ getting beyond a joke ’ . |
| 6 | Speaking for the first time publicly about the death of Leonora , five , Lady Romsey praises Charles for his ‘ incredible caring and understanding . ’ |
| 7 | " We could n't find nothin , " said Butterworth , speaking for the first time , bolder now that the truth was out . |
| 8 | ‘ Light , ’ he said , speaking for the first time , ‘ t'light 's low . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Is that what she really said ? ’ asked Dexter , speaking for the first time , not believing a word of what Lancaster had said . |
| 10 | Your friend awaits you , I think , ’ he added , nodding towards the courtyard where Iris was standing beside Melissa 's car , and speaking for the first time in faultless English instead of French . |
| 11 | Speaking for the first time Vicky is now disillusioned with the man she once thought was a prophet and is writing a book about it . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell us the truth , ’ said Owen , speaking for the first time . |
| 13 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 14 | Speaking for the first time since the tragedy Kevin Larkin told the Echo : ‘ Jean was young and innocent . |
| 15 | The cantata ends with Dido still speaking in the first person . |
| 16 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 heart-throb Luke Perry has spoken for the first time of his nightmare childhood with a drunken father who beat up his mother . |
| 17 | Sheila Silcock has spoken for the first time about her anger when her son Ben was banned from a MIND drop-in centre in Roehampton , south-west London . |
| 18 | Yeah but then yo er in a party situation you could probably do that in the first minutes could n't you , I would have thought everybody in th room will have spoken in the first five minutes would n't they ? |
| 19 | Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall . |
| 20 | Allen spoke for the first time since he had joined them . |
| 21 | The Russian spoke for the first time . |
| 22 | Joanna 's ex-boyfriend , Frank Tadgell , spoke for the first time about her disappearance last night . |
| 23 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
| 24 | MIA Farrow 's adopted daughter spoke for the first time yesterday of her ‘ wonderful ’ affair with Woody Allen . |
| 25 | Andropulos 's captain , Aristotle , spoke for the first time . |
| 26 | The man in the chair spoke for the first time . |
| 27 | Mrs Singh asked ‘ Do you have the same holiday ? ’ and then spoke for the first time about Balbinder . |
| 28 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 29 | Mr Nicholls spoke for the first time . |
| 30 | Then little Meg Giry spoke for the first time . |