Example sentences of "[adj] were said to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same day the USA was reported to have extended its food airlift to the town of Baidoa , where hundreds were said to be dying from starvation each day . |
| 2 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 3 | All were said to be members of the Jihad group behind the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 . |
| 4 | On July 29 a Croatian report cited figures from the Bosnian health centre that to date 8,018 had been killed in the fighting and 100,000 were said to be in " concentration camps " , reports of which remained unconfirmed . |
| 5 | Another five were said to be ‘ very poorly ’ after being transferred to a hospital specialising in infectious diseases . |
| 6 | Many of the dead were said to be members of anti-guerrilla vigilante self-defence organisations . |
| 7 | Both were said to be ‘ very happy ’ while pondering a name for the 7lb 3oz boy born on Friday night in the Wellington hospital , north-west London . |
| 8 | Both were said to be of no fixed abode , although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool . |