Example sentences of "say a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past six years , however , she had done little more than declare things open , or say a few words of thanks in public . |
| 2 | Er when I say a few , about twenty perhaps , thirty , and er , of course , it was then me brother got the order for the canteen as well see . |
| 3 | But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again . |
| 4 | In certain entries th tha which I 'll come to shortly , do use extra memory , er , just say a few things about er , the one , three of these , three of the Windows products , which er , one of you is using , erm , it uses memory slightly differently , er , if I put an entry in row one , and a ro and an entry on row five one two , then yes , it er uses memory for that whole range there . |
| 5 | And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes . |
| 6 | Properties they say a few years ago are down by 25 to 30% , that with lower mortgage rates gives them a tremendous boost . |
| 7 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 8 | He says a few lordships are cursing his name because it ca n't be helping them to survive . |
| 9 | He says a few inches either way and he would have been killed . |
| 10 | He says a few years ago I asked my father 's test pilot Geoffrey Quill about this business of the seagulls and he told me your father was a hard-headed engineer and if he was stuck for inspiration he would never have wasted time watching bloody seagulls ! |
| 11 | Is that what you 're talking about now when you 're saying about the about erm you did n't know what to About being frightened you 've said a few times . |
| 12 | I think she may even have said a few words to it . |
| 13 | Well I 've said a few words about the Soviet Union but I would like to add that our programme of assistance to the Soviet Union and to other countries in central and Eastern Europe , while it 's had to grow rapidly in response to the urgent needs of reg region , it does not it has not grown and will not grow in any way er which will undermine our commitment to the developing world and er perhaps on that note I might turn to Africa . |
| 14 | If we 'd known we would of said a few things |
| 15 | But if we behave normally like saying a few words to each other , the supervisors start shouting and harassing us . |
| 16 | We will usually be treating individual instructions or groups of instructions in terms of the facilities that they control , so it is worth saying a few words here about the instruction set as a whole . |
| 17 | John Ashenden , seated alone in the front nearside seat , debated with himself about reaching for the microphone and saying a few words about Somerville College , the Radcliffe Infirmary , the Tower of the Winds , the large , late nineteenth-century redbrick residences , St Edward 's School … |
| 18 | Now I know as I was saying a few moments ago , I travelled to the continent just recently , and I know we had to pay a surcharge on the flight . |
| 19 | He said a few kind but ambiguous words about the pieces enclosed being ‘ eminently suitable for the audience they were aimed at ’ and left it at that . |
| 20 | But John Butcher , a Junior industry minister said a few weeks ago : ‘ The Department of Industry is aware of the danger that future cable development should not be ‘ boxed in ’ by overspecified , futuristic or inflexible requirements for cable systems . |
| 21 | He said a few sentences in German towards the end . ’ |
| 22 | Now he grinned , and said a few words . |
| 23 | American Ed Webster , one of the Buxton speakers , said a few days after visiting the Roaches that he had never seen so many climbers at a cliff . |
| 24 | I said a few moments ago that I would not exclude consideration or the need for consideration of the greenbelt purposes served . |
| 25 | Adam and Mrs Macmillan , and Mr and Mrs Michael Rapinet were among others enjoying this excellent dance , which , Lord Craigmyle said , was ‘ Fun for everyone and funds for pilgrims ’ ! the Slaughter House Seven played during dinner ; and after the auction , which was most efficiently conducted by the Chairman of the OMV Mr Stephen Macklow-Smith , Mr Dick Ritchie of Continental Airlines , who had donated the top prize which was a trip for two to Houston , Texas for a week , said a few words . |
| 26 | Father Kipling stooped and said a few words to them as he passed into the sacristy to vest , and they turned round and looked at Clare . |
| 27 | He said a few words which Zelah translated as : ‘ This is the holy flame which shall consume our wickedness and purge our people of evil for the year to come . ’ |
| 28 | Conversation trickled away as the Women 's Word public relations officer , a bouncy young woman in a tight bodice , said a few welcoming phrases and introduced Linda Finch . |
| 29 | You said a few weeks ago ? ’ |
| 30 | She seized her jacket and bag , said a few words to Myra and practically ran the short distance to her flat , visions of Dana lying unconscious from a fall filling her mind . |