Example sentences of "what he say [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he summoned up the perennial fears on the East Bank of Israeli destabilisation and denounced what he said were Zionist plots to make Jordan a substitute homeland for the Palestinians . |
| 2 | Wickham had let it become obvious that important parts of his story did not coincide with the version supplied by the only other person on the spot but Tavett maintained that what he said was correct . |
| 3 | You always felt that what he said was right . |
| 4 | Wycliffe was puzzled ; the young man had answered his questions concisely and without hesitation , almost as though he was repeating a well-learned lesson , yet what he said was reasonable and credible . |
| 5 | Anyway , if the right hon. Gentleman had remained in the Chamber , he would have realised that much of what he said was total nonsense , for reasons to which I shall turn in a moment . |
| 6 | What he said was informative if a touch inconsequential ; you did n't remember too much of it but the effect was cumulative . |
| 7 | ‘ What he said was unfair . |
| 8 | What he said was disgraceful , ’ Crowe added . |
| 9 | Obviously Tony was under the impression that what he said was true , for there was certainly no malice intended in what he said . |
| 10 | Clearly , Jose was speaking from the perspective of a Nigerian journalist : much of what he said was true only of his own and a handful of other countries . |
| 11 | ‘ He did n't have to do that , but what he said was true . |
| 12 | She could have wept , knowing that what he said was true , feeling confirmed and supported . |
| 13 | I knew that what he said was true . |
| 14 | What he said was true . |
| 15 | ‘ With every part of me , ’ he said , and his voice was rough and a little unsteady and Robyn , in that moment , knew that what he said was true . |