Example sentences of "say [pers pn] was [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prison Governor says he was in a disturbed state . |
| 2 | said she was with a new husband |
| 3 | And she finally got in at quarter to and she 's , oh Kim said she was in a dreadful state . |
| 4 | British Gas said it was from a fractured pipe . |
| 5 | Mrs Field summoned the vet immediately , who said it was in a hopeless condition and should be put down at once . |
| 6 | You said he was in a distressed frame of mind , so he probably would n't have noticed he was being followed . |
| 7 | I asked him why the hell he wanted me to stay the night when he was going out later , and he just shrugged his shoulders and said he was in a funny mood and did n't know what he was saying . ’ |