Example sentences of "she [was/were] said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children being what they are , she was said to be a witch . |
| 2 | She was said to be ‘ strained and suspicious ’ , but insisted she was well and did not need help . |
| 3 | She was said to be the most beautiful girl in the whole island , with a fair complexion , blue eyes and golden-brown hair . |
| 4 | She was said to be upset because she was too old to use the centre where the party was held in Whitley Bay . |
| 5 | She was said to be the most handicapped person in Britain at that time , since , due to a rare muscular disease , she was paralysed throughout her whole body except in her big toe . |
| 6 | She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible . |
| 7 | Two medical practitioners , neither of whom previously knew the patient , recommended her detention in hospital because she was said to be a paranoid schizophrenic with signs of aggressive , overactive and irrational behaviour . |
| 8 | She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator . |
| 9 | She was said to be ‘ comfortable ’ in Middlesbrough hospital . |