Example sentences of "according to [noun] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to tradition it was brought by the apostle Mark who is said to have written his gospel on the banks of the Nile . |
| 2 | The expedition which the king led to Scotland in the winter of 1341–2 was unpopular : according to Murimuth he was attended only ‘ by a few knights ’ , and Arundel , Huntingdon , and five other earls declined the invitation to serve . |
| 3 | formerly an area on the north bank of the Thames between Waterloo and Westminster bridges , belonging from ancient times to the borough of Lambeth ; according to legend it was bequeathed to the borough by a pedlar on condition that his portrait , and that of his dog , should be preserved for ever in one of the parish church 's stained glass windows . |
| 4 | According to legend it was thrown by the Devil from the Isle of Wight . |
| 5 | According to Tony we 're going out of at the end of the month . |
| 6 | According to chronicles it was won as war booty by Czech warriors in Milan in 1158 . |