Example sentences of "said he [verb] be [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he had been right to prevent the earlier attempt to censure Mr Gilbert . |
| 2 | Only Mr. Smith said he had been able to see the man 's face . |
| 3 | He said he had been unable to take it in moderation , and then , in a long illness , he was forbidden liquor , so when the habit had been broken he never returned to it . |
| 4 | He said he had been scared to tell the truth after a series of threats from one of the gang . |
| 5 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |