Example sentences of "said [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 De Gaulle said for the first time since their defeat , the French people had reason to hope for liberation .
2 She said she said for the first week you unwind , I thought if we have a weeks holiday that means that the time you unwind you 're back to work again !
3 No , it said for the first wash it 's a very strong rinse
4 On July 19 the Japanese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs , Muneo Suzuki , said during the first official government visit to South Africa since 1969 that Japan was considering lifting economic sanctions , having lifted its ban on tourism and non-economic sanctions in June [ see p. 38270 ] .
5 ‘ We are ready for any onslaught that the white authorities might try to launch against us , ’ Mr Rockman said after the first meeting in his home on Monday of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union .
6 Like Jim Larkin said in the First World War , ‘ Hang the Kaiser and all his relatives ’ , ' he said .
7 This is perhaps not surprising : their preference for home care at the first interview indicates that they have a stronger commitment to looking after the dementia sufferer than those who said in the first interview that they would prefer institutional care .
8 ‘ There are times , ’ he said in the first letter , ‘ that I wish myself not a prince , but a simple fellow .
9 The Chancellor said in the first nine months of 1992–93 the Employment Service found jobs for 31,000 unemployed disabled people , 25 per cent more than in the same period of 1991–92 .
10 Sun said in the first half it shipped 28,000 Sparcstation 10s including 1,500 Model 41s .
11 But , although the common ground is large and includes almost everything said in the first eight chapters about how to fill in the framework and conduct the disputes , unity then becomes too much for us .
12 You 've shown that you 've moved erm , substantially towards variable debt but there is obviously an outburst currency impact , you said in the first half .
13 said in the first place !
14 He rode straight up to the gateway of the monastery , not daring to stop for second thoughts , and said to the first monk he saw , ‘ Can you read and write ? ’
15 The commission 's chair , Peter Tucker , said at the first session on Nov. 13 that it would consider the issue of single- or multiparty forms of government .
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