Example sentences of "say [pers pn] was [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say it was great fun — and thought the able bodied that disabled people can contribute just as much — and sometimes more — as others . |
| 2 | say it was any thing to bother about |
| 3 | To cast aspersions on the new revolutionaries was to put his own patriotism in question : ‘ if I 'd done that , Bill Casey , Jean Kirkpatrick ( the Ambassador to the United Nations ) and Cap Weinberger would have said I was some kind of a commie . ’ |
| 4 | I would have said she was medium height slim build , possibly |
| 5 | ‘ He says he was freezing cold , ’ Philippa explained ‘ And stayed in my father 's old chamber in the White Tower . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Sullivan says it was this incident that prompted him to stage the break in . |
| 7 | Mark Arhens says it was hard work . |
| 8 | That set them off again , Harbury enthusiastically reciting the string of reasons why the police had questioned Tavett several times ; Oliver throwing in that Tavett might have known about it but Pascoe must have done it ; Zak saying it was political assassination and nothing to do with the staff of the paper ; Holly reminding him that Scotland Yard 's anti-terrorist branch had found nothing to support that ; and Rosie hushing the clamour because her telephone was ringing . |
| 9 | An MP wrote to me , saying it was high time the Commission dropped all this ‘ Victorian nonsense ’ and abandoned such rules . |
| 10 | Certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path had been in a shocking state , etc . |
| 11 | Had we been allowed to continue I believe we would have made a significant improvement to the path ; certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path was in a shocking state , etc . |
| 12 | Howard justified overruling the recommendation saying it was national policy to proceed as quickly as possible with renewable energy projects . |
| 13 | ‘ I never said I was any good at it , ’ I offered . |
| 14 | ‘ People said I was brave setting up a company at such a time , ’ recalls Mr Chambers , adding ‘ Brave ’ is a back-handed way of saying ‘ You 're mad ’ . ’ |
| 15 | He said she was more trouble than she was worth . |
| 16 | Dr Drummond said she was medical director of the Achamore Centre in Glasgow which dealt with a wide range of children 's problems , including sexual abuse . |
| 17 | I 'll take you there and I 'm sure someone will bring you back ’ She did n't want to say she was sure Beuno would bring her back because that would make it evident again that she knew the miserable secrets of Betty 's heart . |
| 18 | The CO just said it was advance n-notice . ’ |
| 19 | Speaking at it 's annual conference in Newcastle , Co Down , he said it was real evidence of customer satisfaction . |
| 20 | so he said they put her to bed and he said it was best Christmas they ever ! |
| 21 | The police said it was wholesale fraud . |
| 22 | She did n't want to swim this afternoon , but only said it was slight indigestion . ’ |
| 23 | He pointed at meat in a shop window and said it was good value . |
| 24 | So she said it was five point four , or five point six I think it was . |
| 25 | ‘ You said it was straightforward policing a moment ago . |
| 26 | They said it was half way through |
| 27 | Yeah , on the six o'clock they said it was half way through and Nigel Mansell was the lead and I thought you were watching it live , so I would n't just come through and |
| 28 | Geoffrey said it was altruistic extravagance . |
| 29 | Dr Elizabeth Elliott , who works at Darlington Memorial Hospital , said it was important health services in Darlington and Bishop Auckland remained within their own areas . |
| 30 | A senior officer said it was another example of the reckless attitude of car thieves , which highlighted the enormous dangers faced by police . |