Example sentences of "[conj] saying [conj] it [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England came away from Australia shaking their heads and saying that it was impossible to defend against those moves . |
| 2 | David Dorn , a nuclear physicist working for the Commission , was quoted in New York on Jan. 15 as saying that it was possible that Iraq possessed enough components for up to 10,000 gas centrifuges . |
| 3 | A report in the Liverpool Daily Post quoted a Birmingham City Council member as saying that it was necessary to control fox numbers ‘ on public health grounds ’ . |
| 4 | Admirers of Edison 's tinfoil phonograph are on record as saying that it was impossible to tell the difference between the recording and the original . |
| 5 | The CNI itself had nominally been disbanded in March 1990 , but the Defence Minister was quoted as saying that it was preferable to keep former CNI agents " in the establishment than in the street " . |