Example sentences of "[verb] be said to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what somebody comes to that , tomorrow and knocks at that door and says look I 've been sent here by you say good bye , good night , good luck nothing has been said to me , I |
| 2 | It is perfectly in order to pause before answering a question so that you can be totally sure you have understood what has been said to you and to give some thought to your answer . |
| 3 | Make sure you have fully understood what has been said to you . |
| 4 | He was n't shocked by what he had been told ; he was astonished that it should have been said to him by his own daughter . |
| 5 | Benny and Eve watched fascinated , as he shook his head sorrowfully and seemed to agree with something that had been said to him . |
| 6 | He had all their attention now , every eye was wide and bright upon him , Herluin and Robert irresistibly moved to hoping against hope , but very wary of disappointment , Nicol interested but bewildered , for nothing had been said to him of the loss of Saint Winifred 's reliquary , or the possibility that he might have had it aboard his wagon , and had been robbed of it with all the rest . |
| 7 | Not a word had been said to him of any untoward suspicions , or of the threat of an eyewitness coming to judgement this very night . |
| 8 | Erika felt goose-pimples on her arms and the thought crossed her mind that , despite all that had been said to her about courage , perhaps she was n't really cut out for stardom , after all . |
| 9 | If hurtful things have been said to you or about you do n't let your mind keep going over and over them . |
| 10 | ‘ I think that 's the kindest thing that 's been said to me for ages , Ben dear . |