Example sentences of "it [is] say [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's said that you will always remember your first time . |
| 2 | It 's said that he first traced the outline for his ladylike creation around a tall woman friend . |
| 3 | Willis was blamed for costly delays that plagued filming throughout , and it 's said that he antagonized his co-stars by constantly ad-libbing during takes , leaving the other actors speechless . |
| 4 | It 's said that your new play ‘ The Power Of Darkness ’ deals with a world where sexual ignorance turns men and women into adversaries and where the irrational fear of famine turns into irrational greed . |
| 5 | They 'll go for small birds , insects and even worms — but then , it 's said that there 's as much protein in a decent-sized earthworm as in quarter of a pound of beef , so it must be nourishing , if not very appetising by most people 's standards ! |
| 6 | It 's to say that there maybe some rather simple scientific idea behind some idea , but in practice there are so many other constraints and limitations , but all these have to be taken into account . |
| 7 | What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure . |
| 8 | For all that the Government is making a bit of er er idiot of itself by not embracing the things that it needs to embrace the things it needs to do , at least it 's saying that it wo n't do them . |
| 9 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) Even if the nature of these qualities of pleasure and pain are themselves unproblematic , it is said that what people want ( or want to avoid ) is not necessarily any kind of private experience , but just as often objective states of affairs in the public world , and it is thought no less reasonable to take account of wants of this sort than those for private experiences . |
| 11 | And it is said that her sister , the Lady Isabella Thynne , saw the like of herself also , before she died . |
| 12 | It is said that they place great strains on family life , and people feel they would be unable to cope with a mentally handicapped child . |
| 13 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
| 14 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 15 | It is said that they would increase the cost of petrol by 20p a gallon . |
| 16 | It is said that they learn to ride before they learn to walk , and this is almost true . |
| 17 | It is said that they play none really well but this was not true of Tom who looked like becoming a child virtuoso of the flute . |
| 18 | Furthermore , of the apostles it is said that they are to go out and bear witness to Jesus . |
| 19 | It is said that they should have done so , especially as there were circumstances which might have put and should , it is said , have put experienced medical staff on inquiry . |
| 20 | It is said that they were friendly and ready to be pleased by everything . |
| 21 | ‘ The Hindus venerate oxen , ’ he wrote , ‘ and it is said that they actually drink the oxen 's urine when they fall sick . ’ |
| 22 | It is said that one can not go anywhere — I know that this was true in west Africa — without meeting someone from Upton who will give good and wise advice . |
| 23 | Sheldon had become much attached to her during his time at the Lock Hospital and it is said that she asked him to embalm her body after her death , which he did . |
| 24 | Maria ( whose name is pronounced ‘ Mah-Rye-Yah ’ , as in ‘ Black Maria ’ ) is the daughter of a Bean Street neighbour , and suddenly without provocation it is said that she starts an uproar of a fight in which Mrs Jenkins is stabbed . |
| 25 | Presumably , since it is said that she lived to 127 , her sixties would be equivalent to our thirties or forties . |
| 26 | An example of the first might be Mrs Thatcher , insofar as it is said that she dominated her Cabinets . |
| 27 | It is said that she leaves her ahi-ka ( burning fire ) and becomes an ahi-tere ( unstable fire ) . |
| 28 | It is said that there were four breeds in Ireland by 1835 : the Longhorn , the Kerry , the Moil and the Old Irish . |
| 29 | It is said that there are surviving accounts of repair work done to the mill both in 1744–5 and 1751–3 . |
| 30 | It is said that there is an ancient burial ground on one of the farms — supposedly haunted ! |