Example sentences of "[adj] said that [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some said that what was leaked was bad , some said it was too costly , and others confused these things with their feelings about BT service . |
| 2 | Some said that she was going to be the wife of Fahfakhs . |
| 3 | A police sergeant told the court that when charged , the accused said that he was ‘ sorry . ’ |
| 4 | Afterwards we all said that it was good for the game that the transplant of power which had begun at the Sydney Football Stadium in our bi-centennial year had taken so robustly . |
| 5 | In fact , it is precisely here , if nowhere else , that the EC resembles the German Empire : when the latter was being built many said that it was unique and sui generis . |
| 6 | The Middle East International of Aug. 16 said that it was " virtually certain " that Leyraud 's abduction had been carried out by dissidents from within radical Shia circles . |
| 7 | The vote was criticized by a number of Arab states ; an official Syrian statement on Nov. 13 said that it was an " open defiance of the principles and objectives " of the Madrid conference . |
| 8 | Preston in the eighteenth century was a ‘ rendezvous of fashion and society : Aikin in 1795 said that it was a ‘ handsom , well-built town … rendered gay by assemblies and other places of amusement , suited to the genteel style of the inhabitants ’ . |
| 9 | Although a Jordanian government statement issued on Sept. 23 said that there was no intention of expelling Saudi diplomats , a Foreign Ministry spokeman confirmed on Sept. 25 that it had been decided to recall the ambassador in protest against the expulsions . |
| 10 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |