Example sentences of "she [was/were] say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children being what they are , she was said to be a witch . |
| 2 | She was said to be ‘ strained and suspicious ’ , but insisted she was well and did not need help . |
| 3 | She was said to be the most beautiful girl in the whole island , with a fair complexion , blue eyes and golden-brown hair . |
| 4 | She was said to be upset because she was too old to use the centre where the party was held in Whitley Bay . |
| 5 | She was said to be the most handicapped person in Britain at that time , since , due to a rare muscular disease , she was paralysed throughout her whole body except in her big toe . |
| 6 | She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible . |
| 7 | Two medical practitioners , neither of whom previously knew the patient , recommended her detention in hospital because she was said to be a paranoid schizophrenic with signs of aggressive , overactive and irrational behaviour . |
| 8 | She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator . |
| 9 | She was said to be ‘ comfortable ’ in Middlesbrough hospital . |
| 10 | I fully understood what she was saying to you the day you visited Kinghorn , which is why I almost burst out laughing . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And then they painted the walls of his office with a chemical that made him lose his mind , ’ she was saying to her brother Phil , who was sitting next to her . |
| 12 | On–y the other day she was saying to me that people with no parents did n't like being asked questions . ’ |
| 13 | What if , she was saying to herself , what if — ? |
| 14 | Is that what she was saying to you last night ? |
| 15 | and er and erm and Joe was saying this to Shrimpy I think , or so I think she was saying to Shrimpy |
| 16 | And she was saying to me , she says , I wish I were brainy like you ! |
| 17 | the , the best , well the best of it was she was saying to us that er her uncle owns half of Gleneagles Hotel . |
| 18 | I would like to er know what she was saying to that son . |