Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] was say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European he was said to be the most fond of as Princess Maria Gabriella de Savoia , but her father , the former King Umberto of Italy , would have insisted on a Catholic wedding . |
| 2 | On–y the other day she was saying to me that people with no parents did n't like being asked questions . ’ |
| 3 | Only the other day he was saying to me ‘ Tim it 's abart time I answered sum a them letters I ‘ ave pilin' up from poor folk as ‘ ave ‘ ad personal problems . ’ |
| 4 | and he was n't gon na go football tomorrow but he 's got ta go cos if he do n't go he 's letting the team go because things he was saying to my mother last week , well you would n't believe it . |
| 5 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
| 6 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
| 7 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 8 | He commented with amazement that the charge was supposed to be entirely arbitrary and that at one ground it was said to be nil . |
| 9 | Should the company do a thing which was outside the scope of the clause it was said to be beyond the company 's powers and ultra vires.At common law an ultra vires act was unlawful and without binding effect and a shareholder could restrain the company from undertaking ultra vires activities . |
| 10 | Before the burglary he was said to be in good health . |
| 11 | and I know la well some time when retirement was looking on the on the horizon I was saying to him you 're not alone but , you know , you 've got ta be looking towards being on your own because of course |
| 12 | So I mean again I realized I had dug a hole for myself with the compressed funding but at the same time I was saying to myself oh yeah there is carry forward here er |