Was that phrase a simple attempt at a literary turn?

One of the only times you will ever hear me saying that phrase by the way.

And as a matter of fact only she used that phrase.

'In country,' people said now, but he didn't remember ever having heard that particular phrase back then.

I've remembered that phrase because somehow it seemed to fit me.

How many times had she heard that particular phrase?

"It's been a few years since I heard that phrase."

In 2004, he rode that phrase to a second term.

I've heard that phrase about Vista, as a matter of fact.

Anyone who was around them long learned that phrase.