Example sentences of "said the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have this French woman come in she comes quite often Mrs and she said I 'd like to make an appointme appointment on the she said the eleventh , and I thought I said pardon ? |
| 2 | ‘ Dear me , yes , ’ said the fifth . |
| 3 | ‘ It was murder ’ , said the first housemaid firmly . |
| 4 | In evidence earlier this week Lord Aldington , 75 , formerly Brigadier Toby Lowe , said the first he had heard that the men , women and children sent back from the British-occupied zone of Austria had been tortured and massacred was from Count Tolstoy in 1979 . |
| 5 | Earlier , Kurt Hager , 77 , the party 's oldest and most authoritative hardline ideologue , said the first priorities were to involve the population in the solution to important social problems and to improve the government 's information policy . |
| 6 | Supported by an opinion poll revealing extensive support among voters for extra resources for education , union leaders said the first phase of a prolonged press advertising campaign , launched in national newspapers today , would cost £500,000 . |
| 7 | Mr McAvoy said the first phase was designed to raise that to 100 per cent . |
| 8 | ‘ We are starting now , love David ’ , said the first sheet , which was promptly glued to the T of the great , gold SALT 'S sign hijacked from the mill offices and hoisted above the 15 by 9 ½ft frame divided into 144 sections for the fax picture . |
| 9 | As Mark began to reply , she said the first name with him , nodding her head the while . |
| 10 | She had Oz by the shoulder and Jinny , tumbling nearly into her arms , said the first thing that came into her head . |
| 11 | I could hardly believe it , and said the first thing that came into my head . |
| 12 | Chief executive Bill Hughes said the first quarter had been difficult but order books for the second were showing ‘ promising signs of improvement ’ . |
| 13 | Speaking from the expedition 's base camp at Camp Resolute , Devon Island , Canada , Miss Elaine May , the expedition 's link with the outside world , said the first days had gone well , with the team covering 15 miles a day . |
| 14 | But Mr Russell Mansford , a London Ambulance Service controller , said the first recorded request was at 10.30pm . |
| 15 | Tweed said the first thing that came into his head . |
| 16 | Nutty did not take in much of what the Sergeant said the first night . |
| 17 | Some teachers said the first draft of the unit was biased toward an anti-nuclear view , Ris concedes , but he adds that the final version is more balanced . |
| 18 | Adam said the first thing would be to get old Hilbert 's fridge going . |
| 19 | ‘ He just said the first impertinent thing that came into his head . |
| 20 | Far from living the high life in Florida , he said the first six weeks after the raid were spent at an unidentified caravan site in Clacton . |
| 21 | Mr Grade said the first episode , showing Pilar , played by Sandra Sandri , bra-less and riding a horse , was ‘ worth a year 's licence fee ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ All this mad cow disease is very worrying is n't it ? ’ said the first cow . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel sick , ’ said the first one . |
| 24 | ‘ We had burglars last night , ’ said the first one . |
| 25 | ‘ Not really , ’ said the first . |
| 26 | ‘ Ooh ! ’ said the first one to his pal . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ said the first little girl , ‘ In my knickers it says ‘ Age 8–10 ’ ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Blast ! ’ said the first soldier . |
| 29 | You said the first of March ? |
| 30 | ‘ Looks like it , ’ said the first constable . |