Example sentences of "said [pron] was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I was at lunch . |
| 2 | I said I was from Sussex originally . |
| 3 | they said she was on holiday , you know , erm and you know , so I mean |
| 4 | Does anyone know how she 's getting on , somebody said she was down , said she was on holiday . |
| 5 | When Mo said she was in favour of overhauling the system , Sharon asked : ‘ How ? |
| 6 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 7 | The council convener , Robert Gough , who presented a plaque to the crew , said it was with regret that they said goodbye to the squadron , which had been of great comfort to people in difficulty on land and sea . |
| 8 | Di , Di did n't have but the one but he come up , he said said he wants a spirit level and he wants a tape measure he 'd got the spirit level he said I ca n't find the tape measure he said , said it was on top of the bag . |
| 9 | I think you said it was on channel four that will be , in the morning if you look at , look at channel four programme and get your glasses cos if you miss it Monday night you said you could have it |
| 10 | I worked in the factory and said it was for fun ; but it was n't — I did it because I needed to . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They said it was for lack of printing plates , ’ said Mohammed Salekh , the party leader , who has to submit articles to the authorities for approval . |
| 12 | A high-ranking Saudi , carrying a gun for the first time in his life , said it was for use not against Iraqis but against ‘ certain other nationalities ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ He just said it was in Wapping , by the river . ’ |
| 14 | He said it was in response to a coup . |
| 15 | The callers said it was in Oxford Street where there are hundreds of stores . |
| 16 | So I said it was in Penrhos oh it 's a nice place , , I know when she told me and she said |
| 17 | And actually they 've got two miniature scores in the library , one of which said it was in E flat , and the other one said it was in C minor , so you pays your money and you takes your choice , erm |
| 18 | And actually they 've got two miniature scores in the library , one of which said it was in E flat , and the other one said it was in C minor , so you pays your money and you takes your choice , erm |
| 19 | When I first bowled to him in the nets I said it was like bowling to Zaheer Abbas . |
| 20 | ‘ They said it was like Dante 's Inferno . |
| 21 | Elizabeth Jarvis said it was like St Paul 's Cathedral , miraculously saved while all around it lay in ruins . |
| 22 | Hers said it was by mistake but I know it was n't and he came wandering out of the wood , all black and shaggy like the Beast in the fairy tale in the most peculiar clothes , very ancient , and dreadful wild hair like pictures of the Prophets . ’ |
| 23 | Fellow worker Robert Howes said he was with Alan Dimmer when the components became jammed . |
| 24 | White said he was at home smoking drugs when the attack took place . |
| 25 | But Young and Smyth denied knowing anything about the attack or the woman 's death , and the court heard that Young , a self-confessed drug addict , said he was at home suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the day of the mugging . |
| 26 | He said he was at Dynmouth Comprehensive himself , a terrible dump . |
| 27 | You said he was off colour ? ’ |
| 28 | I 'm very glad to be having this debate as the last Council meeting we er put a motion down on P R which the Labour Group refused to discuss , and Councillor in the summer ma put some release out said he was in favour of it . |
| 29 | In a speech before the ballot , Mr Kovac — whose career includes a stint as an economic adviser to Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the 1960s — said he was in favour of ‘ socially-oriented ’ market policies . |
| 30 | As a boy , friends said he was in love with the cadet corps . |