Example sentences of "once said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Marshall had once said about the old Magnox stations that , even if they were n't economic now , there would still be ‘ jam tomorrow ’ . |
| 2 | What was that Katrina had once said to me ? |
| 3 | What was it Adams had once said to him apropos talking to Edna : it 's a gamble . |
| 4 | ‘ Like Shakespeare , ’ Matilda had once said to him . |
| 5 | He had once said to Anna , in a touching burst of confidence , ‘ You know what 's the matter with me ? |
| 6 | Life , as he had once said to the Zoo Curator , was wonderful and a man had best enjoy it while he may . |
| 7 | As he had once said to John , you took Comfort as she was or you ignored her , and he enjoyed her enough to put up with her . |
| 8 | But , as someone had once said to her — she could n't remember who — hate was only a hair 's breadth away from love . |
| 9 | Playing God with them , no less , someone had once said to her . |
| 10 | Something Flynn had once said to him kept repeating itself in his mind . |
| 11 | IT WAS once said of Peter Shilton , by a frustrated forward who had failed to beat him in a one-on-one situation , that ‘ he just spreads his arms and fills up the whole bloody goal ’ . |