Example sentences of "in [noun] [was/were] say [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |
| 2 | ( In Chan Man-sin the thing in action was said to be the benefit of the contract with the bank . ) |
| 3 | His interest in witchcraft was said to be more than scholarly . |
| 4 | On the same day it was the opinion of every poll that Roy Jenkins had no chance at Hillhead and a slight fall in unemployment was said to be the herald of economic recovery . |
| 5 | Craig Lambrecht , a 16-year-old schoolboy , was badly wounded but his condition in hospital was said to be stable . |