Example sentences of "this [modal v] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | This may be said to be the effect of his thought that probably there are no decent seats left . |
2 | Another way of looking at this might be to say in a sense there are there are two bits , one is identifying where we are now and identifying in relation to both |
3 | This could be said of IBM 's personnel in general : The fundamentals have n't changed . |
4 | This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying . |
5 | This can be said in at least two different ways : a ) Those who sold quickly made a profit b ) Those who sold quickly made a profit |