Example sentences of "be said [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it can be said we were lively , we were an animated lot . |
| 2 | It used to be said there are a lot of very prosperous , very prosperous farmers round in Melton Mowbray . |
| 3 | It has to be said there is a lot that is queasily smug about this English answer to the US ‘ reunion ’ movie The Big Chill , substituting the products of Oxbridge Eighties ambition and greed for Sixties radicalism gone sour . |
| 4 | Particularly , you know it has to be said there is a particular age class background and so on and so forth . |
| 5 | It may well be that the decision of a particular valuer appointed might fix the price and might be equally satisfactory to both : so it can hardly be said there is a difference between them . |
| 6 | Of a sudden the room was quiet , and when she turned from the mirror and stood before the three elderly sisters , it could almost be said there were tears in their eyes , and in her own . |
| 7 | It can be said he was a victim of circumstances . |
| 8 | Simultaneously to starting a business , Louis started courting — and it can also be said he was piling-up a lot of trouble for himself . |
| 9 | It can be said he was addressing a captive audience … of stooges . |
| 10 | All that is except this one when it could be said he was dealing with a special case — of cutlery . |