Example sentences of "said it was the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The storm broke as I drove past Woomera on the way back to Port Augusta and locals there said it was the heaviest rain for nearly 200 years .
2 One child referred to in court as child A , finally admitted taking James Bulger to a railway embankment near Walton but he said it was the other boy child B who threw bricks at him and hit him with a stick and a metal bar .
3 There was immediate uproar and they all said it was the other batsman who was out .
4 Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years .
5 Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years .
6 The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes .
7 A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) .
8 Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought .
9 He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’
10 Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe .
11 , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture .
12 Garden birds roused themselves bravely , far off a cockerel said it was the new day and buzzards with peeinging whistle arced over the slowly silhouetting mountains .
13 He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats .
14 He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’
15 Another , a veteran who 's been sorting out homesick Latins for years , said it was the greatest treat , once in a while , to get them to cook something just-a like-a Mama used to make .
16 Manby said it was the primary responsibility of the SSD and police to investigate fully such allegations .
17 People said it was the finest playhouse in England .
18 Well , they always said it was the only way to go and he believed it .
19 I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on !
20 and he said it was the only year that he has n't .
21 He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’
22 Someone said it was the worst paper they had ever seen .
23 Lowther , with numerous climbing trips to Greenland behind him , said it was the hardest route he had done there .
24 Coastwatch co-ordinator Gareth Rees said it was the fourth year in succession that the survey had shown a deterioration and called on the government and regulatory bodies to act .
25 Some said it was the happiest day of their long lives .
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27 It said it was the last phase of a pre-arranged plan and should help pacify cloners .
28 Ray Bellringer , a national park spokesman , said it was the biggest event of its kind in the recorded history of the mountain .
29 Throughout the campaign less than 3 per cent of voters said it was the main issue that should be discussed .
30 None the less , even in that week only 39 per cent of the electorate rated it ‘ extremely important ’ and a mere 7 per cent said it was the main issue that ‘ should be ’ discussed by the parties .
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