Example sentences of "say it [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't agree with people who say it was just a leadership personality cult effort . |
| 2 | Detectives say it was probably the shock that killed her . |
| 3 | So and smashed all the windows and everything in it erm so what 's that and as I say it was only a scrap van er and now he 'd bought the little chapel on the corner . |
| 4 | They say it was only a part of it , you know , because we only had half an hour , did n't we , there and then |
| 5 | ‘ My father would have said it was merely an animal bribe to turn away the wrath of strangers . |
| 6 | He heard himself saying it was surely the thought that counted , and was astonished at the banal words that hurtled from his mouth . |
| 7 | Lilley was blatant about the government 's intention to tax the benefit , saying it was simply a matter of timing and overcoming the practical difficulties involved . |
| 8 | She wanted to say it was only a joke , about boiling oil , but they had arrived at a building with several steps leading up and told to get into single file so that their names could be checked at the door . |
| 9 | The ‘ Davni Chasy ’ issue was important because it helped both the band and RCA learn a great deal about each other , although it is probably closer to the truth to say it was really a case of RCA simply learning more about the staunch and pedantic attitude of The Wedding Present . |
| 10 | Mr Browning said it was probably a bird he hit on the way , and later cleaned the car . |
| 11 | I said it was just a fling . |
| 12 | The doctor said it was just a cyst and would go away ; two other doctors said the same . |
| 13 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 14 | He said it was just a phase he was going through . |
| 15 | B&I 's UK passenger manager , Victor Williams , said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super-phase mould . ’ |
| 16 | B&I 's UK passenger manager Victor Williams said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super phase mould . ’ |
| 17 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 18 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 19 | ‘ When we got to Portman Square they said it was only an inquiry . |
| 20 | Labour 's Gordon Brown said it was now a question of ‘ when not whether ’ Mr Lamont would go . |
| 21 | He said it was quite a way — the other side of Préfleur , towards the hills , and that we would catch sight of the white gateposts from a distance . |
| 22 | When they said it was almost a certainty , I made an excuse and nipped out to see Purvis . |
| 23 | If you had the additional capital to go all-out for a new start I 'd say it was almost a certainty . |