Example sentences of "[was/were] say that [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were saying that we though Miss looked like her . |
| 2 | It was said that he always got the man a club did n't want to sell , but when he signed Ted Taylor from Oldham Athletic he got the man the club might not have wanted to sell . |
| 3 | He was so quick to forgive personal insults and injuries that it was said that you only had to injure him in order to have him as a friend for life . |
| 4 | Nigel was saying that they only had a couple , you know , cos they like you |
| 5 | She was to say that she always knew his moods . |
| 6 | Rincewind relaxed slightly , which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly . |