Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] say [that] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The mermaid did indeed return to claim Lutey and it is said that every nine years hence , one of his descendants is lost at sea .
2 For some this proved too much and it was said that a few members of the group started to resemble the colour of our logo !
3 Pork was the staple diet of most Europeans for many centuries and it was said that the peasants of Britain lived on bread , bacon and beer .
4 The operation of trolleys and pantographs together was not without its problems , and it was said that the great used on the collector plates could be found on the overhead line as far as Lytham !
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 This is not to argue that these practices should not be abhorred and punished by society but it is to say that the underlying tendency may be addictive in nature and may therefore require the specific treatment appropriate for any addictive disease .
8 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 .
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