Example sentences of "were say [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least in one case prayers were said for the brave men fighting on both sides . |
| 2 | Unhappily the men were sent for from their temporary quarters in the town , and goodbyes were said at the castle . |
| 3 | Three of the five who had no visitors were said by the people we interviewed to have had no relatives . |
| 4 | The Tigers were said by the government to have blown up the defence minister , Ranjan Wijeratne , in March 1991 , and a general , Denzil Kobbekaduwa , in August 1992 . |
| 5 | In Nuclear Tests unilateral statements of the French authorities were said by the Court to have been made ‘ publicly and erga omnes ’ . |
| 6 | Between 1980 and 1982 twenty-seven councils were said by the Secretary of State to be either failing to implement the Act or employing tactics of delay . |
| 7 | Some 3,000,000 workers nationwide were said by the organizers to have responded to the call . |
| 8 | So if I wrote , ‘ The next day was a Fuesday ’ because I hit the wrong key on the typewriter , they used to leave it in , thinking that was what the kids were saying at the time ! |
| 9 | ‘ This bears out what we were saying at the time . ’ |
| 10 | So in t erm with your regard to you were saying about the fact that there 's a lot of unemployment in the flats , |
| 11 | Maelmuire has nothing to fear from you now , nor have I. What was that you were saying about the next generation — and where and what they would rule ? |
| 12 | Erm to come back to what we were saying about the paintings |
| 13 | Tell me you were saying about the tell me what happened at the muckle suppers . |
| 14 | that sideboard off her and we were saying about the manure you know , I said , she said ooh come and |
| 15 | You were saying about the phone , you were , you were thinking about doing whatever |
| 16 | Six men were saying to the other six : Whatever else divides us , whatever else is between us , only one thing matters . |
| 17 | They were saying on the telly |
| 18 | They were saying on the television the other day |
| 19 | It 's what we were saying in the Labour Party before the nineteen ninety two election . |