Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [pron] be say " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixth century they were said to have come originally from the island of Scandza , to have migrated to the Black Sea , and thence to have come into contact with the Roman Empire . |
| 2 | Of the first edition it was said : The book deals with the whole gamut of infectious diseases but due emphasis has been placed on the common diseases , both in their typical and atypical forms and on those aspects of the less common diseases which a practitioner may recognise … |
| 3 | It 's interesting , you 're talking about our first caller who was saying that there was just too much television coverage |
| 4 | I mean , from the first line it 's says , what shall I do , I 'm catched ? |
| 5 | the twentieth week you 're saying I should be starting this for January term ? |
| 6 | Yeah , well he was , when he was littler his dad was sort of saying one day you 'll have all this then the next minute he was saying no you wo n't , you wo n't be having any of it do you know what I mean ? |
| 7 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
| 8 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
| 9 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 10 | For those of us who ca n't make Goodison I think R5 has full commentary on the match … infact they interviewed Wilko last night who was saying that he had n't thought about whether or not anyone could catch Scum , but he was only interested in how many points we could get ‘ it 's like the Grand National ’ , he said , ‘ plenty of favourites fall the seconf time round ’ . |
| 11 | Erm now next week you were saying something about you 'd like one on Easter Monday , I wo n't actually be here . |
| 12 | Because a mosque stood next door it was said that the cinema had been rejected by Allah as an unworthy neighbour . |