Example sentences of "were say [prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were said to be shaped like squid or octopuses , with many arms that could pluck men from ships , and even drag whole boats to the bottom of the sea . |
| 2 | Most of them went to the cities , or at any rate out of traditional rural pursuits , to find their way as best they could in strange , frightening , but at best boundlessly hopeful new worlds , where the city pavements were said to be paved with gold , though immigrants rarely picked up more than some copper . |
| 3 | Its feathers were long , silken and of every imaginable colour , and were said to be infused with the glow of Paradise . |
| 4 | Of the old people 's homes , 56 per cent were said to be run by the Council , 6 per cent by a charity and 39 per cent were private . |
| 5 | Some of the stones were said to be stained with blood . |
| 6 | There had reportedly been no profit from Kuwait 's total $5,000 million investment in Spain , and KIO 's worldwide losses were said to be estimated at $5,000 million in 1992 . |
| 7 | Wynne-Jones I first met before the Second World War in the subterranean Balliol-Trinity physical laboratory at Oxford , where all the chemical kinetics were said to be catalysed by cigarette smoke . |