Example sentences of "were say [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Others were said to be interested and the uncertainty continued . |
| 32 | When such ‘ dispositive ’ or ‘ objective ’ regimes were accepted as being in the general public interest they were said to be binding erga omnes . |
| 33 | On the other they disapproved of some of the impediments which had been erected in the twentieth century : the requirements of a lis inter partes and a superadded duty to act judicially were said to be false constraints . |
| 34 | The characters were said to be stiff . |
| 35 | Police released a list of survivors : Henry Wyllie , 20 , Helen Lawrie , 48 , and Paula Gaunt , 28 , were discharged from hospital after treatment ; Dawn Howbridge , 19 , and Martin Baptie , 19 , were said to be satisfactory in hospital . |
| 36 | Bookings were reportedly around a billion dollars and were said to be continuing strong . |