Example sentences of "was say [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Eleanor , on the other hand , was said to be beautiful and lively ; she was certainly headstrong and indiscreet . |
| 32 | There were other alleged cases when guards were playing scrabble instead of going on patrol and one was said to be unfit for work through drink . |
| 33 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 34 | Our evidence was said to be flawed because : WE could be accused of setting up Marshall for an offence she would not have otherwise committed . |
| 35 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
| 36 | Last night PC Hall was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 37 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
| 38 | He was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night . |
| 39 | Last night Pringle was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 40 | He was said to be comfortable in Leeds General Infirmary with facial injuries and fractures . |
| 41 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 42 | The atmosphere in the the Ynys Hywel Countryside Centre at Cwmfellinfach , overlooking his Islwyn constituency , was said to be grim and depressed . |
| 43 | ‘ In particular , ’ the FT wrote , ‘ Smith 's management was said to be uncommunicative regarding the DIY business , although an analysts ’ visit next week is intended to set out future strategy . ’ |
| 44 | Knox modestly demurred , but the meeting was said to be happy and humorous . |
| 45 | She also suffered from epilepsy and diabetes but was said to be happy and cheerful despite her disabilities . |
| 46 | Liverpool boss Graeme Souness was said to be willing to use the 25-year-old Londoner as bait for Queens Park Rangers ' , coveted striker Les Ferdinand . |
| 47 | Investigations — fundoscopy , serum potassium , and chest radiography — varied substantially , up to one quarter of physicians rounded the blood pressure reading up to 10 mm Hg , and although risk factor intervention was said to be important , cholesterol measurement was done by as few as 27% of clinicians . |
| 48 | His knowledge of Paris was confined to the underworld , but he did know that the bandit , Chicot , had a mistress who was said to be British . |
| 49 | If symptoms of disease occurred during any five day reintroduction then that particular food was said to be suspect and was temporarily omitted from the diet . |
| 50 | The flames were put out in good time and the donkey was said to be fit for the final , against Preston North End . |
| 51 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
| 52 | Mr Peter Tudball , Baltic chairman , was said to be worried that the market could lose business if trading was interrupted . |
| 53 | However , whether the appointment was said to be express or by necessarily holding the debtor out with ostensible authority such an appointment must in practice be a very rare event . |
| 54 | Later when the prices soared he was said to be furious . |
| 55 | The singer , best known for the classic Great Balls Of Fire , was expected two days ago but was said to be furious at taking second billing in the Giants of Rock 'n' Roll concerts . |
| 56 | However Di was said to be furious about the tapes , which a book says are of her voice . |
| 57 | The princess was said to be furious and Channel 4 came under fierce attack from MPs who said the drawings were highly insulting . |
| 58 | The view that ‘ the war might have been over today ’ was said to be common among women in country localities . |
| 59 | Bror Blixen , Karen Blixen 's husband , had syphilis and it was said to be common among the Masai . |
| 60 | Redundancy pay of one point four million pounds was said to be excessive . |