Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's saying it 's important to stand firm , not give in to terrorists , and the rest , but she 's said , ‘ That does not mean that you do n't negotiate … |
| 2 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
| 3 | The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial . |
| 4 | Very occasionally , they can be found on the eyelashes and eyebrows , but they are said never to be found higher than that . |
| 5 | I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good . |
| 6 | Seve 's always been convinced the Americans have got it in for him , anyway , but he 's said that about the French , the Italians , the Japanese . |
| 7 | ‘ Graham has made it perfectly clear he does n't want to go to the West Indies next winter — but he 's said those sort of things before about touring and has ended up going . ’ |
| 8 | Did you know one of my very oldest friends ( family knew mine before I was born ) is a W cousin but he was said to get no reply when he wrote to them some years ago . |
| 9 | But it is said that the Kal yuga gives way to the Sat yuga when the manifested power of the Life Force has reached its lowest ebb . |
| 10 | ‘ In n it ’ is not in the dictionary , but it is said and understood . |
| 11 | Little is known of their courtship but it is said that , for a brief time , they were happy . |
| 12 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 13 | There is good reason for its common name ; the bruised foliage , whose odour has mint-like associations , induces cats to roll all over the plant , eventually ruining it , but it is said that plants grown from seed will be safe until dying down , or withering for some reason . |
| 14 | There is no publicity out yet for the line , but it is said that the 1993 peak season of four trains each way will operate for only five weeks and that at the beginning and end of season there will be no trains on Fridays . |
| 15 | Mrs Wilson had not died , but it was said she was very ill and was expected to die . |
| 16 | But it was said by many doubters that British Airways could never be privatised . |
| 17 | But it was said and the barrier was back between them , built of suspicions neither of them dared bring to the surface … though Trent had intended asking her about her grandfather . |
| 18 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 19 | Not only was he being fearfully indiscreet , but it was said that he had been foolish enough actually to marry her and to install her in a cottage in the palace grounds . |
| 20 | The Queen returned , but it was said that she insisted that the Shah get rid of Gilda . |
| 21 | The Russian Federation Supreme Soviet sent a delegation to the region , but it was said that Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi had exacerbated the situation by giving an ultimatum to the National Guard to disband on Oct. 10 , in return for the holding of presidential elections on Oct. 27 . |
| 22 | He had argued that the prints were not improperly taken but it was said that his possession must have originated in breach of trust , confidence or contract and , therefore , an injunction was granted preventing the exhibition . |