Well,experts say the expression appears to have been first used in the United States more than one hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

"Well,first we go to church, then we come home on Christmas Eve and then we open our presents.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Well,first of all, the twenty-second and twenty-fourth presidents of the United States were the same person.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

COSTELLO: "You gonna be the coach,too?" ABBOTT: "Yes." COSTELLO: "And you don't know the fellows' names?" ABBOTT: " Well,I should." COSTELLO: "Well,then, who's on first?"

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Well,the first thing to know is that prices are different from school to school.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

It is the first time the well known film actress has performed on Broadway.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

The farmers of the plains did well at first.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

"Well,our first thought was where we're gonna' work.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

And the idea that we are now really facing the first global crisis, I think, is well understood by all,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

I sure will, Mama. I remember the bus rideon the first day of school very well.

VOA: standard.other

"Well,there are three basic paths they can go through. The first one is the Standard Model, which is basically the theory of what we know now.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

Ensalaco said he hopes the conference is the first of many would help educate the public as well as law enforcement to reach the goal of ending human trafficking.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

"For example,when Thomas Henry Huxley first read The Origin of Species, his first thought , 'Well,' he said,of course, 'How extremely stupid not to have thought of that myself.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Aircraft consultant Richard Aboulafia says while air travel appears to be making a comeback, demand for first class tickets remains sluggish and airline revenues are well below 2008 peak levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30