Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point , the DC is in state CREATED and the user who created it is said to be the ‘ associated user ’ . |
| 2 | And he , let it be said at once , is anxious to co-operate . |
| 3 | But for girls who were unattached and less inhibited , and who yearned for a bit of ‘ fun ’ , the prospect of lavish meals in American messes , and gifts of sweets and nylons , accompanied , let it be said in all fairness , by flatteringly gallant , if brash , wooing , could be a powerful magnet . |
| 4 | Later when the prices soared he was said to be furious . |
| 5 | In the highly oxygenated water below a weir swim the little fish not known for nothing as the ‘ miller 's thumb ’ : the flattened head of the fish was often compared with the thumb of the miller , worn it was said from testing the flour . |
| 6 | ‘ He suffered a stroke , but I believe he is said to be recovering . ’ |
| 7 | Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend . |
| 8 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad that those that have them are said to be ‘ tea-bagging ’ them — moving their precious chips from system to system to prove to customers that their box works , then quickly back into the safe . |