Example sentences of "[pers pn] speak [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I speak for the first time .
2 Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall .
3 She spoke for the first time since luncheon began : " Darling , your spinach , please . "
4 Erm you spoke about the second appointment and say you were coming back you did n't actually arrange it but you spoke about it
5 Later decades have seen other organizations use the term so that we speak in the twentieth century about the trade union ‘ movement ’ or the ‘ peace movement ’ ; we seldom think to describe the Conservative Party , the Confederation of British Industry or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as ‘ movements ’ .
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