Example sentences of "said that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You said that it were n't on anyway . |
| 2 | LORD JUSTICE DILLON said that it was not in doubt that if the copy was privileged in relation to the employee 's then claims because obtained for the purpose of advice in relation to those claims , it retained its privileged condition in respect of the subsequent claims now being advanced by the bank : Pearce v Foster ( 1885 ) 15 QBD 114 . |
| 3 | Mr Clarke said that it was the children who first drew his attention . |
| 4 | When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision . |
| 5 | Gavin Laird , the general secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union , said that it was the last ‘ burning issue ’ Labour needed to resolve before the next election . |
| 6 | Mr Sisulu said that it was just a draft plan , which had not been adopted . |
| 7 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 8 | He had insisted on living in Auckland Castle though some people said that it was absurd for the Bishop of Durham to be saddled with such a pile . |
| 9 | They said that it was in everyone 's interest that he got caught . |
| 10 | Mr Chope said that it was not appropriate to discuss Westminster security , but the agency already contracted out most building work , including work with a high security content for the Defence Ministry . |
| 11 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 12 | But he said that it was too early to make firm forecasts about demand . |
| 13 | Mr Milmo said that it was ‘ utterly and completely false ’ to suggest that Mr Clay had been influenced by the prospect of some plum job when he retired . |
| 14 | His Lordship said that it was quite likely that the Revenue would seek to argue that all or some of the award was liable to tax . |
| 15 | He told me about Piero della Francesca 's mysterious Flagellation in the Ducal palace in Urbino , and he said that it was ‘ probably the greatest small picture in the world ’ , a line which I was able to use in a novel set in Tuscany . |
| 16 | There were a lot of dots and squiggles and he said that it was a picture of the crocodile eating Captain Hook . |
| 17 | M Lionel Jospin , former Minister of Education , said that it was an astonishing rewrite of history . |
| 18 | When asked about the job ‘ scientist ’ , 69 per cent said that it was a man 's job and only 9 per cent said it was a woman 's job . |
| 19 | One officer said that it was so precise that his men could have leaned against it ; another , that his only casualties were those who followed the wall too closely and became queasy from the fumes of explosives . |
| 20 | In fact , it is precisely here , if nowhere else , that the EC resembles the German Empire : when the latter was being built many said that it was unique and sui generis . |
| 21 | Lord Goff said that it was the denial of choice that was the critical factor , rather than the denial of a form of education that may or may not be available in other of the authority 's schools . |
| 22 | A senior officer in the Royal Engineers poured scorn on the idea and said that it was impossible . |
| 23 | You must have heard the old story about the bucket of water ; when it was shown to the optimist he described it as being ‘ half full ’ while the pessimist said that it was ‘ half empty ’ . |
| 24 | Because this would cause Mr Goodman financial hardship , a High Court judge said that it was wrong to grant a stay . |
| 25 | Somebody said that it was a colder day than any we had morning I read Houghton 's Life of Keats and copied out some passages from Keats ' letters . |
| 26 | By contrast Mrs Cowan , s son-in-law said that it was no trouble to him to visit his mother-in-law every day and help take care of her , but that he would ideally prefer her to be in residential care because there she would have constant care and companionship , which was what she really needed . |
| 27 | One of the handful of paid staff , a young woman of about seventeen , was full of energy and enthusiasm , but she said that it was very difficult to keep enough volunteers to teach . |
| 28 | The Saturday Review , presumably from the pen of Hope , said that it was in what it called the ‘ modern palatial Gothic ’ style : |
| 29 | The Building News said that it was ‘ the greatest scandal and disgrace that has ever been inflicted on the architectural profession ’ . |
| 30 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |