Example sentences of "say [pron] [was/were] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He declined to give any personal details about the pair apart from saying they were from the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | ‘ You said you were from the Ministry . ’ |
| 3 | He said you were from the Home Office . |
| 4 | She said she was from the American magazine , Leaders of Mankind . |
| 5 | She said she was from the |
| 6 | The last one said it was from the Editor . |
| 7 | The third , in a voice like a cross buzzard 's , said he was from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 8 | He said he was from the Harrow Road Station but had only recently been transferred there from West End Central . |
| 9 | You did say you were from the W I did you ? |
| 10 | He came to the door , said he was standing as a candidate , but did n't say he was from the BNP . |
| 11 | William Langley said : ‘ He certainly did n't say he was from the British National Party and there is no way I would have signed the form if I had known . ’ |