Example sentences of "say [prep] be do " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you do on that first page of the month , is you put those that , that page that says to be done in January ninety four , or whatever , erm , you put the notes on the back of the calendar card in priority order and add any other formal targets you 've got . |
| 2 | The pumping was said to be done by Germans , faultlessly disguised as British officers , or even , it had been whispered , by genuine British officers who had fallen for German propaganda . |
| 3 | As Hopwood states ( 1982 , p. 43 ) : ‘ Familiarity with experience elsewhere should instil a greater realization of the differences between what should be done and what is said to be done , and what is done and what might be done . ’ |
| 4 | Not all organizations that claim to be seeking control of the government can realistically be said to be doing so . |
| 5 | In the sense that these parties have provided the electorate with a clear either-or choice in both countries for many years , they can be said to be doing their job . |
| 6 | However , he has joined the fire service , and is called out most nights , so he too must be said to be doing his bit . |