Example sentences of "said that it was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 4 | He said that it was nothing to do with him ; it was a matter for the Department of the Environment . |
| 5 | " When the Madam gave me the keys and deeds of this house in Easter week , 1916 , she said that it was mine , that she had no further use for it . |
| 6 | And I said the Leeds have told her I said that it was you know something might come this afternoon . |
| 7 | Freed also said that it was he rather than Duna , who had taken a 90% stake in Hungary 's largest circulation English-language newspaper , Budapest Week . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I distinctly said that it was I who required the tuition . |