Example sentences of "[pers pn] say the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I say the first floor , I 'm talking about the ground floor and the first floor , you know ? |
| 2 | What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising . |
| 3 | Said , alright , I said the first week said the first week I said , then it 'll |
| 4 | I said the first thing that came into my mind , but once I 'd had time to think everything through I realised what a mistake I 'd made . |
| 5 | I said , they 're just coming down the road , I said the first thing your father 'll say , has it got a plug on it ? |
| 6 | He goes up through the hoops along the narrow , she said the first day when all the others were standing there shaking at the narrow bath he was just over it and down and she said you 've never seen him |
| 7 | As Mark began to reply , she said the first name with him , nodding her head the while . |
| 8 | Unable to bear this silent examination a moment longer , she said the first thing that came into her head . |
| 9 | but you 're on about something else , you said the first thing I 'd do , that 's got nothing to do with Harold Wilson the first thing I if I were in power |
| 10 | remember what we said the first thing to date you have to understand what you 're trying to do |
| 11 | He arrived before them to coordinate their integration into the first U S Marine expeditionary force ; he says the first task for his men will be acclimatisation with desert temperatures still in the high nineties . |
| 12 | He said the first day I went , I , I never sold anything except a couple of por a bit dubious , so he cooked half a dozen sausages , one bit of fish and did a few chips and said I bet we 'll be sitting here all day well every bugger come for fish and chips , had n't got none had they ! |
| 13 | He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts . |
| 14 | He said the first floor of the building would provide facilities for the town council , as well as including a stage and auditorium for public performances , with full access for the disabled . |
| 15 | He said the first thing that came into his mind that would eradicate any suspicion she was harbouring that he might soften towards her . |
| 16 | He said the first thing that came into his head . |
| 17 | you know what he said the first time we went into sociology I mean I feel a bit like you must of felt then |