Example sentences of "[was/were] say [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least in one case prayers were said for the brave men fighting on both sides . |
| 2 | Unhappily the men were sent for from their temporary quarters in the town , and goodbyes were said at the castle . |
| 3 | Three of the five who had no visitors were said by the people we interviewed to have had no relatives . |
| 4 | The Tigers were said by the government to have blown up the defence minister , Ranjan Wijeratne , in March 1991 , and a general , Denzil Kobbekaduwa , in August 1992 . |
| 5 | In Nuclear Tests unilateral statements of the French authorities were said by the Court to have been made ‘ publicly and erga omnes ’ . |
| 6 | Between 1980 and 1982 twenty-seven councils were said by the Secretary of State to be either failing to implement the Act or employing tactics of delay . |
| 7 | Some 3,000,000 workers nationwide were said by the organizers to have responded to the call . |
| 8 | So if I wrote , ‘ The next day was a Fuesday ’ because I hit the wrong key on the typewriter , they used to leave it in , thinking that was what the kids were saying at the time ! |
| 9 | ‘ This bears out what we were saying at the time . ’ |
| 10 | So in t erm with your regard to you were saying about the fact that there 's a lot of unemployment in the flats , |
| 11 | Maelmuire has nothing to fear from you now , nor have I. What was that you were saying about the next generation — and where and what they would rule ? |
| 12 | Erm to come back to what we were saying about the paintings |
| 13 | Tell me you were saying about the tell me what happened at the muckle suppers . |
| 14 | that sideboard off her and we were saying about the manure you know , I said , she said ooh come and |
| 15 | You were saying about the phone , you were , you were thinking about doing whatever |
| 16 | Six men were saying to the other six : Whatever else divides us , whatever else is between us , only one thing matters . |
| 17 | They were saying on the telly |
| 18 | They were saying on the television the other day |
| 19 | It 's what we were saying in the Labour Party before the nineteen ninety two election . |
| 20 | With the best will in the world , I am not responsible for what was said over the weekend or for what may to be a contradiction . |
| 21 | Moreover , a closer look at individual patients provides support for what was said about the heterogeneity of groups at the start of this section . |
| 22 | Nothing was said about the good , about the thriving community work and the community centre . |
| 23 | Little was said about the need to tackle public debt , now running at £15,000 for every man , woman and child in Italy . |
| 24 | Little more was said about the case except that several days later , the Sunday Mirror gave the sad outcome of the victim 's ordeal : HOSPITAL AGONY OF THE BIG ‘ UN . |
| 25 | ‘ Having mot attended a BA conference since Eastbourne 1987 , ’ Mr Giles said , ‘ I was surprised to discover that the conference was somewhat inward-looking , and that so little was said about the consumer , on whom our wages depend . |
| 26 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 27 | Thus in Priest v Last [ 1903 ] 2 KB 148 , a hot water bottle burst causing injury to the purchaser 's wife and it was held that there was a breach of the implied condition even though nothing was said about the purpose . |
| 28 | ‘ Vinnie had an agent who did not take the necessary precautions of being able either to edit or vet what was said on the video . |
| 29 | And that was all that was said on the way home . |
| 30 | You can hear what was said on the other tape . ’ |