Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] were say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic . |
| 2 | Compared to glassfibre boats they were said to be heavy , slow , unmanoeuvrable and , because they bent rather than broke , dangerous . |
| 3 | The Nightriders collected cash for Children in Need from passengers who were said to be full of Christmas spirit . |
| 4 | It they were saying to me ‘ Korda , we 're pissed off with our records getting to 32 in the charts — what do we do about it ? ’ |
| 5 | When such ‘ dispositive ’ or ‘ objective ’ regimes were accepted as being in the general public interest they were said to be binding erga omnes . |
| 6 | Not only were the garotters thought to be visiting hot-blooded Neapolitan outrage upon English soil , but on other occasions they were said to be ‘ like the sanguinary fanatics of the French Revolution ’ as well as resembling the ‘ Indian ‘ thuggee' ’ ’ . |