Example sentences of "say that it was [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they failed to reach agreement , the Queen would summon them and simply say that it was their business to ensure that the Queen 's government was carried on . |
| 2 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 3 | She was elected , in part , on a manifesto which said that it was her intention to take Whitehall off the backs of the town halls . |
| 4 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 5 | And further , he said that it was his determination to see me again , to persuade me to live with him , that had streng-thened in him the desire to go on living , a desire that had been weak since the death of Montaine . |
| 6 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
| 7 | No one would dare say that it was his fault outright , but he knew what was going on in everyone else 's mind . |