Example sentences of "[was/were] said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Important things were said between them , plans were made and there was a prevailing sense of ‘ business being completed ’ . |
| 2 | Many rude things were said about Mme Cresson by opponents and rivals , but being a woman was not held against her , at least not overtly . |
| 3 | The husky words were said into her hair . |
| 4 | ‘ A lot of prayers were said for me but for six weeks absolutely nothing happened . |
| 5 | I listened to one choral song from Southwark Cathedral , prayers were said for a family whose names would mean nothing to the vast majority of listeners . |
| 6 | All over Orkney during the time the children were away from their homes , prayers were said for them in churches of all denominations and at prayer meetings , and despite the torment they went through , none of the parents ' faiths wavered . |
| 7 | Last night prayers were said for her at Watton Methodist Church where her aunt is a member of the congregation . |
| 8 | When the cards were written , they were taken to the school chapel where prayers were said for everyone imprisoned for their beliefs . |
| 9 | At least in one case prayers were said for the brave men fighting on both sides . |
| 10 | But if you think of it as model of whole world , as great cathedrals were said to be , or physicists ' models today ? |
| 11 | Such groups were said to be like the foreigners in the adjacent forces , for it was constantly repeated that many wanted to join us but failed because of some inadequacy . |
| 12 | Inside the embassy , conditions were said to be worse that ever , with intense pressure on sanitary facilities . |
| 13 | Police released a list of survivors : Henry Wyllie , 20 , Helen Lawrie , 48 , and Paula Gaunt , 28 , were discharged from hospital after treatment ; Dawn Howbridge , 19 , and Martin Baptie , 19 , were said to be satisfactory in hospital . |
| 14 | A TEACHER who was sacked because some of his lessons were said to be too sexually explicit has won £12,000 compensation for unfair dismissal . |
| 15 | Before it left , the UN mission compiled information on 1,100 people who had been detained , were alleged to have been detained or who were said to be missing , back to 1977 . |
| 16 | Groups like the Welsh Language Society and the Free Wales Army were said to be training freedom fighters in the mountains and he was barracked everywhere he went . |
| 17 | Many of the dead were said to be members of anti-guerrilla vigilante self-defence organisations . |
| 18 | Armed soldiers were reported to be patrolling the streets of Bucharest and the capital 's students were said to be voicing solidarity with the protesters in the north of the country , in what appeared to be a menacing escalation of the crisis . |
| 19 | There was no confirmation of the claim , although there was no contact with the CBS and ABC TV correspondents , who were said to be among them . |
| 20 | Another five were said to be ‘ very poorly ’ after being transferred to a hospital specialising in infectious diseases . |
| 21 | In November 1940 , for example , ‘ personal economic worries ’ in the light of the coming second war winter were said to be widespread and to have given rise to ‘ discontented and sceptical thoughts ’ . |
| 22 | Even some members of the Party and its affiliates were said to be included . |
| 23 | Critics of the regime were reported to be openly venting their displeasure ‘ at new laws , announcements of the government about future Party buildings , the planned social legislation , school reform , etc. , ’ and pointed to ‘ the higher taxes , the restrictions on personal freedom , the ‘ threat to the Christian philosophy ’ , the promotions in the civil service almost solely on the basis of attitude and Party membership without any consideration of ability , the activity of the Gestapo , the ‘ reign of terror ’ ( Schreckensregiment ) , the ‘ corruption ’ ’ , and the mismanagement of Party hacks and bosses , and were said to be conveying their discontent and doubts ‘ to ever wider circles ’ . |
| 24 | This time , however , conservative , bourgeois , and intellectual circles were said to be voicing ‘ still carefully expressed fears about a certain legal insecurity in future ’ . |
| 25 | Many people were said to said to have lost their nerve in the ‘ catastrophe ’ and in the heat of the moment to have given voice to ‘ comments hostile to the State ’ . |
| 26 | People in Schweinfurt itself who had suffered directly from the bombing were said to be completely demoralized and had declared that they would not hold out much longer in ‘ such nerve-racking days ’ . |
| 27 | Even parts of the population known not to be well disposed towards the regime , such as workers in the northern districts of Berlin , were said to be horrified at the attack . |
| 28 | Some expressly did not want their money to go for weapons ; others were said to be so thrilled that they wanted their names on the missiles . |
| 29 | Listening to her and Ferdinando discussing the latest onslaught — Piedmontese troops were said to be sweeping south throughout the summer — Wilson could hardly believe the enthusiasm displayed . |
| 30 | The people were said to be lazy , their manner of living rustic . |