Example sentences of "he [was/were] say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a later interview he was to say of his poetry that " … in its sources , in its emotional springs , it comes from America " . |
| 2 | ‘ My liver is to be buried separately from the rest of me , with full honours , ’ he was to say in a later film . |
| 3 | He commented then , what he was to say in print later , that while he found Maritain a most charming man , his philosophical work , though claiming to reflect at every point Thomist orthodoxy , was in spirit quite unlike that of St Thomas : by which I presume he meant that Maritain had converted Thomas Aquinas into a French intellectual . |
| 4 | Later when the prices soared he was said to be furious . |
| 5 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 6 | He was said to be fuming because she had n't told him where she was staying during her family skiing holiday in Klosters . |
| 7 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 8 | Last night , he was said to be ‘ embarrassed and ashamed . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He was said to be in good spirits , but this was assumed : he feared he would be denounced as a traitor on his return . |
| 11 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
| 12 | He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries . |
| 13 | The European he was said to be the most fond of as Princess Maria Gabriella de Savoia , but her father , the former King Umberto of Italy , would have insisted on a Catholic wedding . |
| 14 | He was said to be one of the highest-placed spies unmasked by Soviet intelligence in recent years . |
| 15 | Nicu Ceausescu , the son of the late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu , was released from prison on Nov. 24 on health grounds ; he was said to be suffering from cirrhosis of the liver . |
| 16 | He was said to be in financial difficulty when he tried to blackmail Hillier in May 1991 . |
| 17 | Before the burglary he was said to be in good health . |
| 18 | He was said to be in a very distressed state . |
| 19 | He was said to be in a very distressed state . |
| 20 | Last night , he was said to be in a comfortable condition . |
| 21 | Last night , he was said to be in a comfortable condition . |
| 22 | He was said to be in a comfortable condition today , as he recovered in a hospital burns unit . |
| 23 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
| 24 | He was said to be ‘ comfortable and quite settled ’ last night . |
| 25 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
| 26 | He was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night . |
| 27 | He was said to be comfortable in Leeds General Infirmary with facial injuries and fractures . |
| 28 | He was said to be ‘ stable ’ last night . |
| 29 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 30 | He was said to be ‘ critical ’ yesterday after being hit in the head and body . |