Example sentences of "said before " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have said before |
| 2 | Their manager , Graham Turner , had said before the game that Wolves could still make it into the play-offs , but this result has put paid to those hopes . |
| 3 | Greg had said before the tournament that the secret of winning might be in not taking worse than bogey and that definitely applied to the third round . |
| 4 | I have said before how much that seemed to fly in the face of my own upbringing , but I am now slowly getting there . |
| 5 | I 've said before that combos are ultimately a compromised amp/speaker setup , due primarily to the demand for portability . |
| 6 | You 've said before that you were put off trumpet , and that you were drawn to the guitar because it was the instrument that your parents most feared . |
| 7 | I 've said before that Gary is not a great guitarist because he can play fast ; he 's a great guitarist and he can play fast . |
| 8 | It has been said before but we must go on saying it until it happens : call a referundum and give us a vote . |
| 9 | ‘ This is an affair of the heart , ’ rags to riches Roxanne had said before the wedding . |
| 10 | It 's been said before that being well-known is a double-edged sword . |
| 11 | A successful Home Secretary needs enough versatility and openness of mind to listen to what is said before making a choice between tinkering with the status quo and the more radical alternatives which are open to him . |
| 12 | But what 's important , as I 've said before ( page 16 ) , is that the learner should know that there are alternatives , and that words are spelled from options within the language . |
| 13 | birth and as we 've said before it is often found in abnormal presentation like a breach , bottom first . |
| 14 | Both conjunctions and disjuncts usually come at the beginning of English clauses ; it is natural for the speaker to place in initial position an element which relates what s/he is about to say to what has been said before ( conjunction ) or an element which expresses his/her own judgement on what is being said ( disjunct ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I want to meet him , ’ Cora-Beth had said before Aubrey 's arrival . |
| 16 | So the more overtime you work as I 've said before the less efficient we become . |
| 17 | You can see it 's a tense game er we 've said before it 's a local derby and er there are one or two minor problems . |
| 18 | So I 've said before that erm Mill wants people to vote just in the same way that people cast their votes in a jury on the basis of what 's right . |
| 19 | I read in one of the other papers that GG also said ( what many on this list have said before ) Cunt'anas was great when things were going well but would let you down when they were not . |
| 20 | And erm as I 've said before the A sixty four corridor or the A sixty four road is already an existing high quality dual carriageway road . |
| 21 | Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest . |
| 22 | Teaching about computers is important , both technically and from the role they 're going to have in the children 's lives , but as I have said before the main interest , from an educational point of view , is using it as one would use a video tape or an overhead projector or a blackboard and a piece of chalk . |