Example sentences of "say for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We could get a boat , ’ Paul says for the eleventh time . |
| 2 | He says for the first time in his life , he 's known what life must have been like for the old masters . |
| 3 | After all , if you had asked him , Boy would probably have said for the first time in his life , yes , thank you I am very happy . |
| 4 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 5 | Common sense requires one to recognize that the most significant things were what was being said for the first time , at least in that form , in modern Catholic history and with such authority . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , Jeremy , ’ Celia said for the second time . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't say how I feel , ’ Herr Nordern said for the twentieth time . |
| 8 | De Gaulle said for the first time since their defeat , the French people had reason to hope for liberation . |
| 9 | " You encouraged him , " she said for the tenth time . |
| 10 | ‘ Good boy , ’ the Italian said for the last time , thickly , breathless . |
| 11 | the commentary must say for the first time what had , nonetheless , already been said [ by the original text ] and must tirelessly repeat what had never been said [ by other commentators ] . |