Example sentences of "was said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But ultimately the test is whether the buyer could fairly and reasonably refuse to accept the physical goods proffered to him on the ground that their failure to correspond with what was said about them makes them goods of a different kind from those he had agreed to buy . |
| 32 | Thus in Priest v Last [ 1903 ] 2 KB 148 , a hot water bottle burst causing injury to the purchaser 's wife and it was held that there was a breach of the implied condition even though nothing was said about the purpose . |
| 33 | However , the reformulation appeals to theoretical notions which the authors discuss in the first chapter of the book , and it is unlikely that what was said about mutual cognitive environments in the first chapter is accessible for use for the interpretation of a passage about style in the final chapter . |
| 34 | In the past , whatever was said about his methods , he probably won even more matches for his side than was appreciated . |
| 35 | ‘ He strongly disagrees with what was said about him by the Accounts Commission , ’ Mr Tait added . |
| 36 | And then nothing more was said about that . |
| 37 | Now , nothing was said about it . |
| 38 | And the conclusion of that is we go for a criteria based approach for the time being , see see what the response was to that er and nothing was said about identifying the site as such . |
| 39 | ft was said as a joke , and Dana and I laughed , but it left me frightened . |
| 40 | In some variants of reported speech where the speaker is only implicitly identified , the words may be not so much a straight transformation of what was said as a summary or paraphrase of it . |
| 41 | It was said as a joke , but if the man had seen the evil look on Fagin 's face , he might have thought the warning was a necessary one . |
| 42 | We had coffee , talked of the gardens and of plants difficult to grow in chalky soil — but nothing personal was said on either side , nor any thought of how she happened to be with me . |
| 43 | Successive Secretaries of State have stated that only by the unvarying observance of this practice is it possible to ensure that in no circumstances is anything said or not said which , by comparison with what was said on a different occasion , might imply that a warrant had or had not been issued . |
| 44 | Nothing was said on this occasion about his interest in Masai land , though he appears to have discussed the subject privately with F.C . |
| 45 | ‘ Vinnie had an agent who did not take the necessary precautions of being able either to edit or vet what was said on the video . |
| 46 | And that was all that was said on the way home . |
| 47 | To the extent that he went further so as to suggest that in no circumstances could the speeches be looked at other than for the purposes of seeing what was said on a particular date , his remarks have to be understood in the context of the issues which arose in that case . |
| 48 | When Huw reappeared , having lain low for several days , his scars and bruises were beginning to fade and nothing more was said on either side . |
| 49 | You can hear what was said on the other tape . ’ |
| 50 | Soon it would be said in England as it was said on the Continent , that a good Catholic is a man whose wife goes to church . |
| 51 | Little was said on the homeward journey . |
| 52 | The hon. Member for Sheffield , Hillsborough ( Mr. Flannery ) mentioned what was said on this subject in the excellent report produced by my hon. Friend the Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) and his colleagues . |
| 53 | Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan was said on Dec. 11 to have resigned as head of the UN 's Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme for Iraq and Kuwait , reportedly in the hope of assuming overall charge of UN relief efforts . |
| 54 | Nothing more was said on the subject . |
| 55 | I do n't think I I need to repeat much of that which was said on Thursday and on Friday . |
| 56 | So as I say there is clearly a substantial er factual dispute between the parties as to what was said on these relevant telephone conversations . |
| 57 | Perhaps the best way to start on this is to ask ourselves what would be lost if we were to speak without intonation : you should try to imagine speech in which every syllable was said on the same level pitch , with no pauses and no changes in speed or loudness . |
| 58 | And that 's all that was said on the video . |
| 59 | It is certain that the vice-chancellor in the chair gained the impression from what was said at the meeting that they were forced to elect from a weak field of candidates . |
| 60 | One Russian paper , described as ‘ highly conservative ’ , contained a piece , some of which , it was said at the time , was barely capable of being rendered into printable English . |