Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] said [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , single-syllable words present no problems — if they are pronounced in isolation they are said with primary stress . |
| 2 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |
| 3 | It was said to small children and maybe a young man would say it to his lass but always implied affection of something young and tender . |
| 4 | It was said with studied politeness . |
| 5 | Later , in England , it occurred to her that it might have been said ironically , but by then she had forgotten the context and intonation of it , could only remember that it was said under hot sun outside the Maison Carrée in Nîmes , where the air was fluent and the stones shone . |