Example sentences of "say it [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Health Authority says it made the only logical decision . |
| 2 | In latter times , Philip II of Spain adopted the heraldic device of Bellerophon attacking the chimera , saying it represented the heretical England which he , also , intended to destroy . |
| 3 | While he was inside , however , the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state law , saying it violated the first-amendment guarantee of free speech . |
| 4 | The Crown Princess of Jordan opened an exhibition of his work saying it captured the real colour of life . |
| 5 | She went in for a drink one time , she liked a few drinks around midday , she used to say it helped the long hot afternoons slide by , ’ and Nathan smiled to himself , because he could hear her saying it . |
| 6 | They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 7 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 8 | The yard 's commercial managers , Babcock Thorn , said it hoped the 200 white-collar and 350 industrial jobs could be cut through voluntary severance . |
| 9 | In a joint press conference with Darlington borough council , the YMCA said it hoped the 30-bed hostel in Melland Street , off Borough Road would be open in spring , 1994 . |
| 10 | The insolent way she said it made the other girls gasp with astonishment . |
| 11 | Tory Bill Walker said it showed the German nation in its true colours . |
| 12 | Shell said it appeared the 3,625 ton Danish refrigerated cargo ship Icestar had a fouled propeller . |