Example sentences of "was said [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gruel was served up and a long grace was said over a short the gruel disappeared , the boys looked at each other and went over , while his next neighbours nudged him , tired as he was he was desperately hungry and he rest on the table and the master with his hands he said |
| 2 | Successive Secretaries of State have stated that only by the unvarying observance of this practice is it possible to ensure that in no circumstances is anything said or not said which , by comparison with what was said on a different occasion , might imply that a warrant had or had not been issued . |
| 3 | To the extent that he went further so as to suggest that in no circumstances could the speeches be looked at other than for the purposes of seeing what was said on a particular date , his remarks have to be understood in the context of the issues which arose in that case . |
| 4 | Little was said on the homeward journey . |
| 5 | You can hear what was said on the other tape . ’ |
| 6 | It was said at the annual conference of the Association of District Councils on 1 July 1988 . |
| 7 | This was said with a direct simplicity which normally would have had its appeal for Alice . |
| 8 | Lastly , the sentence , which was said with an Irish accent and a ‘ dead-pan ’ face , is n't particularly logical . |
| 9 | It was said of a similar occasion at Southend that the police were just rushing into the crowd and nicking anybody . |
| 10 | When I tried to discover just what was really meant when it was said of a particular girl that she had been " married " in this sense seven times before she was nineteen , I was told that if a girl was seen to be cooking a meal for a man this was evidence that she was " married " to him . |
| 11 | It was said of An Ideal Husband that the characters of Lord Goring , Lord Caversham and Mrs Chevely were the work of Oscar Wilde and Sir Robert and Lady Chiltern of Fingal O'Flaherty . |
| 12 | Less and less did Nonconformists like to have it said of them as was said of the Primitive Methodist evangelist and erstwhile coal-miner , James Flanagan , ‘ He waited not for an abundance of knowledge but used what he possessed ’ . |
| 13 | So what was said under the previous heading needs to be counter-balanced . |
| 14 | Its spire was said by a contemporary guide to Oxford to form ‘ a conspicuous addition to the architectural adornments of the city ’ . |
| 15 | What was said by a single inhabitant of Berchtesgaden in March 1945 was a sentiment undoubtedly close to the hearts of most Germans at this time : ‘ If we 'd have imagined in 1933 how things would turn out , we 'd never have voted for Hitler . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Ra won his wager by building a 40-foot-high pyramid in Salt Lake City , making sacramental wine in it , and selling the stuff to religious groups — wine made in pyramids was said by the ancient Egyptians to have supernatural powers . |
| 17 | That was said by the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | That is what was said by the Labour party which in 1979 left the police forces of this country 8,000 under strength . |
| 19 | If it is not permissible to take into account what was said by the Financial Secretary , I remain of the same view . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 21 | I should like to reply to more of what was said by the hon. Member for Sedgefield when he opened the debate . |
| 22 | As was said by the Royal Commission , the police should not , on a warrant to search for a stolen grand piano , look under the floorboards or in the water cistern . |
| 23 | In their approach to the irregularities which have been discussed their Lordships gladly adopt what was said by the High Court of Australia in Davies v. The King ( 1937 ) 57 C.L.R. 170 , 180 , and cited with approval by the Jamaican Court of Appeal in Reg. v. Grant and Hewitt , 12 J.L.R. 585 , 591 : |
| 24 | The Turkish army was said by the Iraqi government and by some media reports to have used napalm . |
| 25 | Although it was said in a jocular fashion it was too much for Maura . |
| 26 | As was said in the introductory section , it is not feasible for the government to direct the firm to produce specific quantities at specific prices because the government necessarily knows less than the firm about underlying demand and cost conditions . |
| 27 | Nothing was said in the early conventions about the contents of the letters rogatory , although from 1905 there was a requirement that letters should be drawn up in , or accompanied by a certified translation into , the language of the requested authority ( or another language agreed between the States concerned ) . |
| 28 | As was said in the classic authority , Andrews v DPP [ 1937 ] AC 576 ( HL ) , " simple lack of care as will constitute civil liability is insufficient " . |
| 29 | It was said in the Daily Mail that |
| 30 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |