Example sentences of "said of [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another student said of her boarding school : |
| 2 | As one girl said of her Headmaster , |
| 3 | In an interview on Channel 4 's Hard News programme , to be shown tonight , Viscountess Althorp said of her experiences of tabloid journalists : ‘ I think they 're really totally insensitive , evil people . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I had a beautiful green crinoline dress and all the ladies wore white mop caps , ’ she said of her role as Polly Peacham . |
| 5 | Frieda Lawrence said of her husband : ‘ I must say he is like the English in the bulldog quality of hanging on . |
| 6 | Reviewer Ron Rum said of their show at London 's Old Kent Road Ambulance Station : ‘ They play loud , fast , sharp and with a stringent discipline for guitar interplay which develops their sound into a splendid , if not technical , terse pop noise . ’ |
| 7 | One of my school reports , when I was about nine , said of my history attainment , ‘ Molly writes a good story which is not always history . ’ |
| 8 | Dr Edward Fenech-Adami , Maltese Prime Minister , said of his country 's announcement last night : ‘ Whether it is satisfactory or not to the UN Security Council has to be decided by them . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Hall said of his resignation : ‘ It was my decision . ’ |
| 10 | Last night , Mr Hall said of his resignation : ‘ It was my decision . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The prime minister asked for it and I gave it , ’ he said of his resignation . |
| 12 | The odds are favourable enough according to Chelsea 's Mike Hazard , who said of his adversary : ‘ He could cope in Poland , not just because of his ability to close people down and use the ball well , but temperament — you saw that when he scored the goal that won Arsenal the League . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ A vision born of solitude ’ — that 's what one critic said of his work . ’ |
| 14 | As sprinter Mike MacFarlane said of his parents ' total lack of encouragement : ‘ It was 'cause they had n't got the time to think about it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If you believe otherwise you 're lying to yourself , ’ he said of his contention that a white person was not equipped to make a film about black people and he refuted accusations of misogynism in his movie by dismissing the very concept , stating ‘ misogynism is not a black term . |
| 16 | 40 BC , the historian Diodorus Siculus said of his predecessors : |
| 17 | He said of his marriage : ‘ I still do things like dashing off to Bangkok . |
| 18 | ‘ I raised my game just enough to get through the early rounds , ’ he said of his performance . |
| 19 | ‘ I can be loud or soft , ’ he said of his voice at this time . |
| 20 | Possibly the most poignant illustration of that was from the last testament of the Assistant Governor of the Maze Prison , ‘ I feel sorry for them , ’ he said of his killers , knowing as he wrote that he was likely to die . |
| 21 | He said of his winter sporting expedition : ‘ I felt I 'd reached a decent standard by the end of the week , although I did take a tumble or two . |
| 22 | Gooch said of his batsmen : ‘ You ca n't bat for them . |
| 23 | Struggling to contain his emotions , a shattered Wilfred Ball said of his son Johnathan 's death : ‘ This should be the last tragedy of all . ’ |
| 24 | In his French interview , Cantona said of his time at Leeds : ‘ I had become boss of the team , and manager Howard Wilkinson told me so . |
| 25 | Modestly , he said of his time : ‘ It was good . |
| 26 | Mr Murphy said of his time in the Belmarsh top security prison : ‘ The experience was devastating . ’ |
| 27 | Swift said of his Examiner that he was writing " to the Vulgar , more than the Learned " , whilst Leslie saw his Rehearsal as intended for the " common people " who had been poisoned by the pernicious principles of the Whigs . |
| 28 | ‘ This hunger-striking buffoon sneaks out to eat so he can be well fed when he takes over the presidency , but he is screwed , ’ General Noriega said of his opponent . |
| 29 | Steve Pate said of his round with Faldo in the Open at Muirfield : ‘ It was like playing on my own — but it took an hour longer . ’ |
| 30 | One KESA graduate , who was known as a superstar in the world of torture , said of his training : ‘ They aimed to produce tools — people with no minds of their own , people who , when you said ‘ stand up ’ , stood up . ’ |