Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [pron] be say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The refugee camp there was said to be acting as a " magnet " , encouraging more Haitians to put to sea , and it was confirmed that the camp would be phased out . |
| 2 | Ryco is a company administration agent which is said to have managed Anser General Investments S.A. , a Panamanian company , on behalf of Mr. Ferriday . |
| 3 | from all over the pond until they made a long chorus croak croak croak they are saying . |
| 4 | U , of spectral type M , appears to be irregular , with a range of from 5.6 to 7.5 ; EU ranges from 6.0 to 6.9 , and is also of type M. It is said to be semi-regular , with a period of around 60 days , but I have never been at all confident about this . |
| 5 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 6 | And they had expressed such interest in the Feargach Grian she was saying ; as people of culture and learning , naturally they would be interested in it , she quite understood this . |
| 7 | We had a business man on Question Time who was saying that five hundred million pound fraud going on in the benefits , right ? |
| 8 | I lent him my air rifle and aimed it out the window and there was this car going by and he went and he smashed the back windscreen I was saying , You fucking dick . |
| 9 | She says ’ Had I been alone and not so near a phone box who is to say I would not have said yes . |
| 10 | Magnus is said to have led a blameless childhood and in the Longer Magnúss Saga he is said to have had a good schooling which enabled him to learn ‘ holy writings ’ . |
| 11 | At the peak of the breeding season there are said to be perhaps a quarter of a million sooty terns nesting on Aride , but now in October there were only a few hundred . |
| 12 | It is the total state apparatus which is said to be ‘ overdeveloped ’ in relation to indigenous social classes . |
| 13 | VITALITE Light is a sunflower oil spread which is said to be high in polyunsaturated fat , and low in saturated fat and cholesterol . |
| 14 | As I understand it Chair , what you 're saying is , that there are , at three there is a , a request for an exclusion of press photographers , but the convenience of press photography we 're saying that instead of taking immediately so that we 'd have to call them back here for the even later , we 're asking you for it to be taken at the end with the rest of exclusion |
| 15 | It is a computer-generated image based on the calligraphy of Kobo Daishi , the 9th century monk who is said to have invented the Japanese phonetic script . |