Example sentences of "said a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said a few moments ago that I would not exclude consideration or the need for consideration of the greenbelt purposes served . |
| 2 | I am sure that the Minister will recall that I said a few moments ago that in our view the role of regional government is not delivery of services . |
| 3 | And als , erm and on them three services is what we said a few moments ago , they got the choice of three different options . |
| 4 | They 'd had a , he had to give evidence he said , you know because , I mean he said a few days previously so they , financial problems as loaded as the family are nobody come to the rescue ! |
| 5 | Oh she said a few days ago about some bungalow or something he 's he 's helping to build . |
| 6 | ‘ I only had a tiny part in Coriolanus , ’ he said a few years later , ‘ but it was the most exciting experience I 've ever had in the theatre . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed , I agree entirely with what the Leader of the Opposition said a few years ago , that ’ proportional representation is fundamentally counter-democratic in any case . ’ |
| 8 | And I remind this council of something I said a few years ago of an incident , incident concerning the Atherstone hunt in my ward where the hounds attacked the dogs of , a couple of dogs of a constituent of mine in his back garden totally uncontrolled , they were running amuck right across land in Ellistown this is nothing the hunt could do nothing the hunt tried to do they were too busy off still dashing ahead chasing the fox or what they thought was a fox . |
| 9 | He said a few years ago patients could be ‘ fairly guaranteed ’ a bed on the unit . |
| 10 | He said a few years ago patients could be ‘ fairly guaranteed ’ a bed on the unit if they needed one . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | You said a few weeks ago ? ’ |
| 13 | Not just republican , we have loyalists as well and the loyalists have the potential for being the bigger and more effective of the two , and if we let the I R A to continue without interning them , you are going to have the situation deteriorating in the way which you do n't want and I do n't want , and you 're going to end up as the chief constable of the R U C said a few weeks ago with Dublin being bombed . |