Example sentences of "said a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat , dozed , slurped from the wineskin , said a few prayers and kept my eyes fastened on the Lady Chapel . |
| 2 | She was holding my fob watch and she said a few things about this , and about us and about dead people and |
| 3 | My the boss said a few things under his breath , came down the steps and we went back into the van . |
| 4 | He said a few sentences in German towards the end . ’ |
| 5 | I said a few moments ago that I would not exclude consideration or the need for consideration of the greenbelt purposes served . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And als , erm and on them three services is what we said a few moments ago , they got the choice of three different options . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Oh she said a few days ago about some bungalow or something he 's he 's helping to build . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He said a few years ago patients could be ‘ fairly guaranteed ’ a bed on the unit . |
| 15 | He said a few years ago patients could be ‘ fairly guaranteed ’ a bed on the unit if they needed one . |
| 16 | Now he grinned , and said a few words . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I said a few words to Miss Mallender — Miss Heather Mallender , that is — at her sister 's funeral , last year . |
| 22 | Ciaran said a few words and presented the prizes to the winning teams . |
| 23 | We were particularly pleased that Lady More , our President , who had not been expected to speak , said a few words about her late husband 's interest in railways and congatulating us on our achievement . |
| 24 | ‘ He only said a few words ’ Maxim said slowly trying to remember . |
| 25 | I said a few words . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | You said a few weeks ago ? ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |