Example sentences of "[adj] be say [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was said through gritted teeth . |
| 2 | Two student detainees who died in the week July 8-14 were said by official sources to have in one case jumped from the third floor and in the other to have died of wounds inflicted during arrest . |
| 3 | When I look at what the new people in charge of Channel 3 are saying about Current Affairs , I am depressed . |
| 4 | But can the same be said for international law ? |
| 5 | Can the same be said of military firing at those times ? |
| 6 | The similarity of subject-matter between Picasso 's Horta landscapes and those which Braque was executing at exactly the same time at La Roche Guyon ( that is to say in mid 1909 ) enables one to appreciate with clarity the fact that , although they were reaching much the same conclusions , it was for different reasons . |