Example sentences of "it [be] say [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | BACK IN the bad old days when home-bred Open champions were a rarity , it was said that British golfers did n't win because they regarded the event as something special , while the Americans regarded it as just another tournament on the circuit . |
| 32 | It was said that these teenagers were easily offended . |
| 33 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |