Example sentences of "were said [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many rude things were said about Mme Cresson by opponents and rivals , but being a woman was not held against her , at least not overtly . |
| 2 | For example , when words which should have stress on the first syllable were said with stress on the second syllable , they were misinterpreted . |
| 3 | Two hundred Iraqi prisoners-of-war were said by Iran to have been released on Oct. 29 ; according to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) more than 20,000 Iraqis were still held in Iran . |
| 4 | Trade ministers from the EC , Canada , Japan and the USA , at an informal meeting in Urabandai , Japan , on April 25 , were said by Japan 's International Trade and Industry Minister , Kozo Watanabe , to have agreed on the urgency of resolving the impasse , but also failed to announce any breakthrough . |
| 5 | and they had to say which were said by men and which were said by women , and erm most of the ones with tag questions were said by women |
| 6 | and they had to say which were said by men and which were said by women , and erm most of the ones with tag questions were said by women |
| 7 | These words were said by Antoine Lavoisier in 1793 . |
| 8 | and they had to say which were said by men and which were said by women , and erm most of the ones with tag questions were said by women |