Example sentences of "said it would [vb infin] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The farmer said it would cost three dollars , but the girl had only thirty cents .
2 But Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said it would take 100,000 troops years to defeat the Serbs .
3 Tonight the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford said it would take two patients from the airlift .
4 London 's International Stock Exchange said it would cut 350 people from its staff of 2,800 in the first stage of a big slimming campaign .
5 I said , that 's alright , but when you find out what wanted to er to do , he said it 'd take two days .
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