Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said she was from the American magazine , Leaders of Mankind . |
| 2 | Yeah probably about sixty five expect there some where there in tra and she said she was in the fourth year , did n't she ? |
| 3 | She said she was in the same boat as himself and kept her fist closed tight in the pocket of her overall on the one and ninepence Uncle Vernon had given her earlier . |
| 4 | Black labradors draped over chairs looked as ‘ buggered ’ as one of the ladies said they were after the four hour walk in the wake of their shooting husbands that morning . |
| 5 | But he said it was on the 15th , and that 's Thursday . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 7 | Martin said it was in the National Car Park across the road , about twenty yards from the front door of the pub and Dod said ‘ Oh , yeah ’ and reluctantly gave up his place in the darts game , slipping at least three five-pound notes and some coins into his pocket and not bothering to thank the guys he 'd played . |
| 8 | ‘ The man who drilled for the test said it was among the hardest block he 'd ever seen . |
| 9 | In interview , he said he was outside the public house when Mr. Gilbert pulled a bottle out and swung it at him . |
| 10 | The third , in a voice like a cross buzzard 's , said he was from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't say they were in the same field , ’ he says dryly . |
| 12 | William Langley said : ‘ He certainly did n't say he was from the British National Party and there is no way I would have signed the form if I had known . ’ |