Sentence examples for without first saying from inspiring English sources

How exactly can one construct a theory of meaning without first saying what it is for a speaker to understand a language?

Early in the book, Flora's mother leaves town, not without first saying to Theresa, "If my husband tries to fuck you while I'm gone, don't be frightened.

If you've read my materials before, you might have heard me say that you can't buy a plane ticket to any location without first saying where you want to leave from.

You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of slums.

A mother with a permissive parenting style can reinforce this unity by never saying yes to a child without first saying, "I'll talk to your dad see what he says and then we can discuss it as a family", because we know otherwise she'll just say, "yes".

"The problem with Larry is that he often shoots off his mouth without thinking first," said a former Clinton Treasury Department staff member who worked with Mr. Summers.

"The second part of the show" — when the prosecutors took center stage — "couldn't exist without the first," said James Sanders, an architect and author of "Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies".

[In the central Shakta scripture Devi Mahatmyam], the Devi reveals that she is one without a second, saying, "I am alone here in the world.

Respectful colleague that he is, he wouldn't say that without saying who first said it, "Bosco/Reggio (comm. to verse 66)," and what else they said, for example, that Aquinas also cited Jephthah.

You can be listening to the radio and say "call home," for example, without having to first say "phone," "call contact," "home," "line 1" and "yes".

If the park's population exceeds 3,000 by late winter and early spring each year, bison that stray into Montana can be killed without being tested first, said Rick Wallen, a wildlife biologist.