Example sentences of "[verb] say [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no idea Simon had sent off her photo for the slimming contest until a letter arrived saying she was in the final . |
| 2 | Those who did get going said it was worth the effort . |
| 3 | You did say you were from the W I did you ? |
| 4 | The plot is complicated even by Agatha Christie standards , but putting it as simply as possible , Mr Smith said a report had never been produced , Mr Major interrupted to say it was in the Commons library , the Labour MP Tam Dalyell said what was there was not a report at all and Tristan Garel-Jones , the Euro Minister , said it sort of was . |
| 5 | Close colleagues who had decided he had to go said it was for the ‘ greater good ’ of the party . |
| 6 | Someone had said she was like an Abyssinian cat and so she was . |