Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] say [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She was said to be upset because she was too old to use the centre where the party was held in Whitley Bay . |
2 | She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator . |
3 | She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible . |
4 | When such ‘ dispositive ’ or ‘ objective ’ regimes were accepted as being in the general public interest they were said to be binding erga omnes . |
5 | Compared to glassfibre boats they were said to be heavy , slow , unmanoeuvrable and , because they bent rather than broke , dangerous . |
6 | They were said to be fearless swordsmen and able to shoot a man between the eyes at a hundred paces . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 : |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Bror Blixen , Karen Blixen 's husband , had syphilis and it was said to be common among the Masai . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Later when the prices soared he was said to be furious . |
13 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
14 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
15 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
16 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
17 | He was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night . |
18 | He was said to be comfortable in Leeds General Infirmary with facial injuries and fractures . |
19 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
20 | He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries . |