Example sentences of "said [pers pn] be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In interviews though , I said I was on the dole because it was very trendy at the time to be on the dole as far as the music press was concerned . |
| 2 | I said I 'm on the pill . |
| 3 | And she said I 'm on the phone , will you talk to that person on the phone . |
| 4 | he said you are by the number of payments you is n't paid he said you have n't paid for almost a year but he said you have n't money . |
| 5 | Gerald come in and he said you been on the piss already ? |
| 6 | He , you know that bloke who you said you were on the phone to in Liverpool and he 's got |
| 7 | No , you said you were on the dole ! |
| 8 | He said you were at the Tower because of Sir Ralph Whitton 's death . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The Colonel said you were over the moon when he broke the news to you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You said you were from the Ministry . ’ |
| 11 | He said you were from the Home Office . |
| 12 | We found it on the ice outside the North Bastion tower , yet you said you were in the city all night . ’ |
| 13 | It said she was on the verge of marriage . |
| 14 | Mr Anderson replied : ‘ No , she said she was on the pill . ’ |
| 15 | 15% have plans underway , 10% said they were at the pilot stage and 11% are ‘ seriously considering ’ it — the other 56% have no open systems plans whatsoever . |
| 16 | Spokesman Mr. Robinson said they were at the meeting to voice their objections to an application by Greenbanks Nursing Home to enlarge its premises . |
| 17 | But when people like Norman Jay and Omar said they were into the track , it sort of backed up in my own mind that it was a safe tune — they 're not the sort of people who give you compliments just to make you smile . ’ |
| 18 | Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side . |
| 19 | so he said it 's across the board put four thousand quid 's worth off him the other day and I only give fifty pence off he said so I ca n't do much for you . |
| 20 | I , oh it 's alright , she said it 's in the bathroom ? |
| 21 | Those who did get going said it was worth the effort . |
| 22 | Asked by the judge why the question was relevant , Mr Carman said it was about the development of the friendship between the politician and the producer . |
| 23 | I said it was about the photographs , but even before I 'd finished talking , he gave me this message from Marius to … you know … to get lost . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 25 | Downey admitted shouting but said it was on the spur of the moment and he meant no disrespect to anybody . |
| 26 | The judge refused to grant an injunction , and said it was for the valuer to decide whether to proceed or not , and that the president of the RICS owed no duty to the parties not to make an appointment . |
| 27 | In his summing-up , the judge said it was for the jury to decide if Christopher How had been dishonest . |
| 28 | Maman said it was at the back , the other way from the bathroom end of the corridor . |
| 29 | The last one said it was from the Editor . |
| 30 | I thought you said it was in the Express ? |