Example sentences of "said [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
| 2 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
| 3 | ‘ Well , actually , Sam said I was the same height as him now and he happened to have two . |
| 4 | Dougald said his was the only party firmly committed to improving schools throughout Britain . |
| 5 | ‘ She came into the van and said she was the new person on the block or whatever — and bang — there she was , ’ Jason recalls . |
| 6 | The book emerged on Monday , on Wednesday was broadcast as a play , on Thursday Daniel George ( Dan , Dan , the literary man , John calls him ) spoke on the wireless and said she was the greatest writer of her day , and on Sunday morning the book was discussed by a querulous little bunch called ‘ The Critics ’ , who seem to be part of the Establishment , and on Sunday afternoon , lo and behold , the television ( commercial ) went into Braemar Mansions itself , where she was interviewed by Alan Pryce-Jones [ then Editor of The Times Literary Supplement ] … . |
| 7 | The storm broke as I drove past Woomera on the way back to Port Augusta and locals there said it was the heaviest rain for nearly 200 years . |
| 8 | One child referred to in court as child A , finally admitted taking James Bulger to a railway embankment near Walton but he said it was the other boy child B who threw bricks at him and hit him with a stick and a metal bar . |
| 9 | There was immediate uproar and they all said it was the other batsman who was out . |
| 10 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 11 | Mr Vaz said it was the first initiative of its kind for 16 years . |
| 12 | The company said it was the first step towards a broadening of its geographic and product base which would reduce dependency on the UK and on shoes . |
| 13 | A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society said it was the first time he had heard of this happening ; which prompted Chapman Pincher to write in saying that the same thing had happened to him in 1961 ( Daily Telegraph , 21 and 24 December 1987 ) . |
| 14 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
| 15 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
| 16 | Philip Head , Chief Executive of the WDA , said it was the first time the agency had been asked to source Welsh suppliers for a company based in Germany and resulted directly from the WDA campaign to build business links with the motor regions of Europe . |
| 17 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |
| 18 | Garden birds roused themselves bravely , far off a cockerel said it was the new day and buzzards with peeinging whistle arced over the slowly silhouetting mountains . |
| 19 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 20 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
| 21 | Another , a veteran who 's been sorting out homesick Latins for years , said it was the greatest treat , once in a while , to get them to cook something just-a like-a Mama used to make . |
| 22 | Manby said it was the primary responsibility of the SSD and police to investigate fully such allegations . |
| 23 | People said it was the finest playhouse in England . |
| 24 | Well , they always said it was the only way to go and he believed it . |
| 25 | I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on ! |
| 26 | and he said it was the only year that he has n't . |
| 27 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 28 | Someone said it was the worst paper they had ever seen . |
| 29 | Lowther , with numerous climbing trips to Greenland behind him , said it was the hardest route he had done there . |
| 30 | Coastwatch co-ordinator Gareth Rees said it was the fourth year in succession that the survey had shown a deterioration and called on the government and regulatory bodies to act . |