Example sentences of "said that [prep] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 6 | The survey said that for the first time , there was a shift in reasons given for cutting back on red meat . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | Allowing the Crown 's appeal , and dismissing the taxpayer 's cross-appeal , Lord Justice Scott said that on a first reading of s 72 it was natural to read subsection ( 4 ) as one of a group of subsections dealing only with cases where the amount of capital distribution was comparatively small . |
| 9 | The committee expressed concern over loss of public access as Forestry Commission woodland was sold off , and said that as a first step , all existing rights of way should be maintained . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |