Example sentences of "[was/were] say [prep] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Macnab went on holiday to Berlin with a letter from Joyce to Christian Bauer , a contact whom they had made in London and who was said to be on good terms with Goebbels .
2 He was said to be in financial difficulty when he tried to blackmail Hillier in May 1991 .
3 He was said to be in good spirits , but this was assumed : he feared he would be denounced as a traitor on his return .
4 Tonight Flight Sgt Pritchard was said to be in good spirits in hospital .
5 Before the burglary he was said to be in good health .
6 The 64-year-old male patient , who was suffering from arthritis , has asked not to be identified but was said to be in stable condition last night .
7 James Cocker , 53 , of Milton Road West , Edinburgh , was said to be in stable condition at Stirling Royal Infirmary last night after being recovered by the Killin mountain rescue team .
8 Only 10 per cent of the coast was said to be in excellent condition .
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