Example sentences of "[det] thing [vb mod] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , some things may be said with reasonable assurance . |
| 2 | For example , one can say of a brain process that it occupies a particular point in space or that it can be displayed on an oscilloscope screen ; whereas neither of these things could be said of , for example , the subjective sensation of the colour blue or of the thought that I hate Monday mornings . |
| 3 | Many things can be said in conversation which assume a different weight when used , verbatim or otherwise , on the printed page . |
| 4 | I replied the same thing could be said about running a successful club , but Bob was off , back into the night . |
| 5 | I realized with a shock the same thing could be said of me now and I 've got no hormones . |
| 6 | ( Of course , much the same thing could be said of every American orchestra . |
| 7 | The same thing can be said about expense recognition , although there is a system of accounting which recognizes a debit earlier than the receipt of an invoice . |
| 8 | Much the same thing can be said of the to infinitive denoting something which is actualized as a consequence of causation ( cause , force , occasion , get , order , tell ) , assistance ( help ) , discovery ( find ) , daring , etc . |
| 9 | But the same thing can be said of any major city in the world . ’ |