Example sentences of "say [conj] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eleventh novel , Gwendolen , has just been published and she says that for the first time she is writing for her soul . |
| 2 | She now does yoga , and says that for the first time in her life she wakes up feeling calm and generally finds that thinking positively works . |
| 3 | And there we were thinking that it passed the 2m mark at the end of last year : IMB Corp says that on the first anniversary of the launch of OS/2 2.0 , it has shipped more than 2m copies , has more than 80 agreements with hardware vendors to package OS/2 on their systems , and that there are now 1,200 applications specifically written for it . |
| 4 | It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’ |
| 5 | Masha nodded , saying that for the first time since Geneva she could feel the attraction of Communism . |
| 6 | Mr Campbell said that during the first incident , when Mr Friel and the two younger accused had been shouting at each other in the shopping centre , the lawyer had struck the 15-year-old on the face with the dog leash . |
| 7 | He said that during the first interview Hepburn had denied any involvement , but when seen again 40 minutes later ‘ frankly said that he was responsible for the assaults on both girls ’ . |
| 8 | One young farmer , Shermani Yussef , said that for the first time in his life he had been forced to lease some of his land to cover his losses . |
| 9 | While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning . |
| 10 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 11 | The survey said that for the first time , there was a shift in reasons given for cutting back on red meat . |
| 12 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 13 | TI said that in the first quarter it will start knocking off Tsunami derivatives , differentiating features such as cache size , floating point and Sbus according to customer demand . |
| 14 | He pointed to a ‘ desperate need to educate the population better ’ and said that in the first half of the Eighties the engineering workforce fell by a third and the number of graduates employed increased by half . |
| 15 | But sightings of the young lady continued and the curious point was that people used to say that in the first compartment next to the tender there would often be the strong scent of roses . |
| 16 | He was serious , it 's his get out from telling you to say that in the first place |
| 17 | Let us say that in the first place man is a creature responding intelligently or stupidly to his surroundings , much as an animal does . |