Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] say [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic . |
| 2 | Earlier the court had been shown a quantity of bricks and stones some of which were said to be bloodstained , and a heavy iron bar . |
| 3 | Immediately after the first wave of evacuation had taken place there was a chorus of outrage from reception areas about some of the evacuees — evidently those from the poorest homes in inner-city areas — who were said to be filthy , verminous , incontinent , ungrateful and thoroughly ill-mannered . |
| 4 | Before it left , the UN mission compiled information on 1,100 people who had been detained , were alleged to have been detained or who were said to be missing , back to 1977 . |
| 5 | The Nightriders collected cash for Children in Need from passengers who were said to be full of Christmas spirit . |
| 6 | She was said to be upset because she was too old to use the centre where the party was held in Whitley Bay . |
| 7 | She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator . |
| 8 | She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When such ‘ dispositive ’ or ‘ objective ’ regimes were accepted as being in the general public interest they were said to be binding erga omnes . |
| 12 | Compared to glassfibre boats they were said to be heavy , slow , unmanoeuvrable and , because they bent rather than broke , dangerous . |
| 13 | They were said to be fearless swordsmen and able to shoot a man between the eyes at a hundred paces . |
| 14 | In the village of Portlethen , some 15 miles outside Aberdeen , the main line station was closed many years ago as it was said to be uneconomic . |
| 15 | It was said to be effective only if found without actually seeking it , and some people who came upon it used to say a prayer such as : |
| 16 | In 1717 he began buying land in Kent and the city of London , which eventually placed the family among the largest landowners in the county ; it was said to be possible to walk for a day in north-west Kent without leaving Page property . |
| 17 | Bror Blixen , Karen Blixen 's husband , had syphilis and it was said to be common among the Masai . |
| 18 | For instance , one woman who was described by all as extremely jealous of her husband ( he was said to be innocent ) had an angry liver , and she was always quarrelling . |
| 19 | Later when the prices soared he was said to be furious . |
| 20 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 21 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
| 22 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
| 23 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
| 24 | He was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night . |
| 25 | He was said to be comfortable in Leeds General Infirmary with facial injuries and fractures . |
| 26 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 27 | He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries . |