Example sentences of "said [pers pn] was [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I never said I was any good at it , ’ I offered . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 3 | He said she was more trouble than she was worth . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The CO just said it was advance n-notice . ’ |
| 6 | Speaking at it 's annual conference in Newcastle , Co Down , he said it was real evidence of customer satisfaction . |
| 7 | so he said they put her to bed and he said it was best Christmas they ever ! |
| 8 | The police said it was wholesale fraud . |
| 9 | She did n't want to swim this afternoon , but only said it was slight indigestion . ’ |
| 10 | He pointed at meat in a shop window and said it was good value . |
| 11 | So she said it was five point four , or five point six I think it was . |
| 12 | ‘ You said it was straightforward policing a moment ago . |
| 13 | They said it was half way through |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Geoffrey said it was altruistic extravagance . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A senior officer said it was another example of the reckless attitude of car thieves , which highlighted the enormous dangers faced by police . |
| 18 | He will be joined by local MP Michael Fallon and Hartlepool Conservative candidate Graham Robb who yesterday said it was high time Labour told the voters what it was going to do about the continuing problems of congestion and accidents on the A1(M) . |
| 19 | Dr Nolan said it was just shock and she would get over it in time , but it was hard to live with just the same . |
| 20 | An Abbey spokesman said it was common practice to advise that a parent 's name should be put first for an account of a very small child . |
| 21 | He said it was common practise but he took a decision not to . |
| 22 | Mrs Lee , who went to investigate , said : ‘ I said it was bad news for some poor soul . |
| 23 | Even he said it was tough ball for even the best cricketers to play ) |
| 24 | But worried Orcadians said it was further proof — following the Braer oil tanker disaster on neighbouring Shetland — of the pressing need to review shipping arrangements . |
| 25 | They said it was some illness he had when he was young . |
| 26 | Marcus said it was some idiot wanting the Water Company . ’ |
| 27 | Khor , he said it was some guy they know in Spiderglass itself — you know , they pay him and he sneaks out and does it right here . |
| 28 | Well she said it was same bath did n't she ? |
| 29 | Somebody said it was next door . |
| 30 | But it must have been something connected to the the French when the they said it was French polishing . |