Example sentences of "said it [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old boys said it were a gift from the elder gods and they built a special shrine for it in the square . ’ |
| 2 | And the young man said it was a buffalo that lived on his farm . |
| 3 | He said it was a delight to be back among old friends on the North-East circuit . |
| 4 | Tom said it was a blow job |
| 5 | However , Walter Ash said it was a classic , and talked knowledgeably about the genre , and so she permitted herself to enjoy it . |
| 6 | Sammy Wilson of the DUP said it was a scandal the ‘ political henchmen ’ of those who carried out the bombing were allowed into the City Hall . |
| 7 | Everyone said it was a scandal . |
| 8 | The members of Parliament said it was a scandal ; they were still debating it long after the last vulture took his last victim . |
| 9 | Said it was a fortnight ago and |
| 10 | ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries . |
| 11 | He said it was a case where Say needed help rather than punishment . |
| 12 | Thought he said it was a day . |
| 13 | ‘ When I said it was a pity Connie died , you said something about it upsetting Muldoon and Cabrillo at first . |
| 14 | ‘ She said it was a pity to see all those boats never going anywhere . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He said it was a pity I had n't come to him before , when the evidence was there that he was living with this woman , because now the bungalow 's been sold and she 's disappeared . |
| 16 | Yes , that s why I said it was a bit worrying before . |
| 17 | I was on about the necklace and you said it was a bit pricey |
| 18 | Well , my mum said it was a bit pathetic , you know , it 's almost like , you know , erm , the |
| 19 | So because it er as I said it was a relief to her i were a relief to us as children because then we were n't living in in terror of him coming home and you know causing the bother . |
| 20 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |
| 21 | Ri Rita said Ken said it was a Porshe , but when I asked Ken he said he did n't say it was a Porshe , he says I would n't know a Porshe if I 've seen one and I says yeah , that 's what Dave said , ha , ha , ha , cos you said oh Ken do n't know one car from another and , and that 's what he said |
| 22 | Mark Evans said it was a night of madness and thought he 'd be killed next . |
| 23 | Elsa Lawson , from Newton Aycliffe , who helped organise the event , said it was a mark of how well Mrs Harding knew the people involved that it was impossible to keep the presentation a secret . |
| 24 | She said it was a Budget for jobs , providing 100,000 additional training and employment opportunities at a cost of £230 million . |
| 25 | ME : ‘ But , I always said it was a possibility — I did warn you — I could n't be more sorry but what can I do … ? ’ |
| 26 | She said it was a year to the day since her son died . |
| 27 | ‘ You said it was a way of meeting people . ’ |
| 28 | He said it was a playground for the idle rich and ought to be used to grow crops for the proletariat . |
| 29 | Dioscorides said it was a perfume welcome to the gods . |
| 30 | We did get through some pretty hot language , erm he did say that this would destroy the tripartite system and he quoted me and said that I said it was a system which was the end of the world . |