Example sentences of "it be say [to-vb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's said to have happened after Stockton referee Ken Lupton sent off Preston striker Ronnie Jepson , for allegedly badmouthing Bowden . |
| 2 | When the air at a particular temperature can not hold any more moisture , it is said to have reached saturation point , and this condition is described as a relative humidity of 100% . |
| 3 | It is said to have made no provision for the protection of sea lochs , to operate without an overall development plan , and to have made little attempt to monitor the farms it has approved . |
| 4 | At some maxima Mira can reach the second magnitude , and in 1779 it is said to have risen to 1.7 , much brighter than Polaris , while in 1969,1977 and 1987 I estimated it as 2.3 at its peak , though on other occasions it never exceeds magnitude 4 . |
| 5 | The herati design ( pls 22 , 23 ) derives its name from the town of Herat ( part of Persia until the last century , but now in Afghanistan ) , where it is said to have originated . |
| 6 | It is said to have included John Buchan . |
| 7 | He added , however , that it was said to have broken up without achieving anything . |
| 8 | At the beginning of time it was said to have arisen from the primeval waters , the waters of Chaos . |
| 9 | It was said to have brought new expressions of trust and gratitude for the Führer , ‘ the greatest gift for the German people ’ . |
| 10 | For his contempt in abetting such an action his temporalities were distrained until he did prefer the royal clerk — such a humiliation that it was said to have occasioned his death . |