Example sentences of "say [verb] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tribe of Aborigines known as the Dolphin People , who live on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria , in northern Australia , is said to have been in direct communication for thousands of years with the wild bottlenose dolphins who reside just off the coast . |
| 2 | It is no longer , as it were , a global political programme , as it may be said to have been in the 19th and earlier 20th centuries . |
| 3 | Moreover , the sexual aspect of the offence can not be said to have been in any sense downgraded . |
| 4 | Gunpowder is said to have been in use in certain Continental mines early in the 17th Century . |
| 5 | These were all advantages accruing to the defendants which can fairly be said to have been in consideration of their undertaking to pay the additional £10,300 . |
| 6 | Police said had been in Germany since last September and was being considered for asylum . |
| 7 | " Mr. Stavanger — Captain stavanger , I should really say had been in the Royal Navy . |