Example sentences of "[pron] [be] said [conj] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember all these things at an interview and never let it be said that you are ‘ just a mother ’ ! |
| 2 | ‘ Never let it be said that I 'm not aware of your good points , ’ he drawled . |
| 3 | They 'll go for small birds , insects and even worms — but then , it 's said that there 's as much protein in a decent-sized earthworm as in quarter of a pound of beef , so it must be nourishing , if not very appetising by most people 's standards ! |
| 4 | Furthermore , of the apostles it is said that they are to go out and bear witness to Jesus . |
| 5 | It is said that they were friendly and ready to be pleased by everything . |
| 6 | It is said that there is an ancient burial ground on one of the farms — supposedly haunted ! |
| 7 | It is said that there is a spell within the music , and that they always spin it for the true heir , and that it protects that heir throughout his life . |
| 8 | It is said that there is now a comic for everyone and indeed the gay and black communities have thriving titles . |
| 9 | It is said that there are surviving accounts of repair work done to the mill both in 1744–5 and 1751–3 . |
| 10 | It is said that there are exceptions to this rule and that the following persons can sue for trespass although they had not possession — ( a ) A trustee against any third person who commits a trespass to trust chattels in the hands of the beneficiary . |
| 11 | As Guth has remarked , " It is said that there 's no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 12 | It is said that there were four breeds in Ireland by 1835 : the Longhorn , the Kerry , the Moil and the Old Irish . |
| 13 | Many legends are told of Barbarossa ; it is said that he is not dead , that no true Emperor has ruled since his reign , and that he lives on until the Day of Judgement . |
| 14 | It is said that he was found out by one of the groups of civilian vigilantes who sprang up spontaneously on 22 December : apparently he had disguised himself in ordinary working clothes and was driving a Dacia 1300 when stopped , but suspicion was aroused when a search of his car revealed citrus fruits , like oranges and pineapples , in the boot — no ordinary Romanian had access to them . |
| 15 | It is said that he was an adventurer , one of those restless souls who led a small band of followers from the eternal peace of Avelorn to seek his fate in distant lands . |
| 16 | It is said that he was interfering with the choir girls , some of whom were betrothed . |
| 17 | It is said that he was of a delicate constitution in early life , and was accordingly placed in the care of his uncle , Mr Greener of Hallgarth , near Winlaton . |
| 18 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
| 19 | What is now being sought is , in a sense , a reversal of that development , in a particular type of case ; and it is said that it is too late to take that step . |
| 20 | It was said that we were cursed . |
| 21 | In Aspinall v Sterling Mansell Ltd [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 866 it was said that there is a difference in kind between an ordinary medical examination and one involving experimenting or a diagnostic procedure . |
| 22 | In Hammond , above , it was said that there was no making off when the creditor allowed the accused to leave . |
| 23 | Their main aim was not to obtain compensation — it was said that there was no prospect of recovering damages from Mr Anderson — but to rectify what they regarded as the injustice of his acquittal . |
| 24 | Er the Director of Transportation recognises that , it was said that he 's happy to await the outcome of liberations by that er District Council and that 's what the Conservative group has suggested that we do but if he wants you to recognise that every policy has to be accepted , the way in which they have performed time and decided to be addressed by my members of of all parties and therefore I urge you to support the Conservative resolutions I now put forward . |
| 25 | It was said that he was retired from the army , the navy , the civil service and the BBC . |
| 26 | It was said that he was not enamoured of the tight business disciplines which they attempted to impose . |
| 27 | Willie Baxter was gripped by fear , he did n't understand it , he hated the dark tunnels , he stopped walking and the noise stopped ; by now Willie was probably near the point where the tunnels passed under the River Clyde and it was said that it was possible to hear the sound of a ship 's propeller whenever a vessel passed overhead . |
| 28 | On the contrary , it is essential sometimes to focus on language forms , in order to discuss cases where there is a difference between form and meaning , between what is said and what is meant . |
| 29 | Work on knowledge about language should involve discussion of matters such as sexist language ; styles of interaction in social groups ( see below ) ; how hidden messages about social groups ( such as teenagers or older people ) which are conveyed by advertising etc. can be decoded for the values they contain and for the differences between what is said and what is implied . |
| 30 | Although this procedure removes the contam-ination of the observer , it is far from clear to what extent adults are able to reconstruct the context of their previous linguistic encounters with children , and how far post hoc interpretations regarding what was said and what was meant are subject to distortion . |