Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He left during pre-production and it is said on the South Bank that nobody even dared tell Birt 's successor , the more ruggedly populist Greg Dyke , of the project 's existence . |
2 | Naltrexone is an anti-euphoriant which masks any pleasure from subsequent use of opiate drugs and it is said to be non-addictive . |
3 | The term " Urgonian " has become almost a dirty word in Cretaceous stratigraphy , for it is not one of the internationally accepted stage names and it is said to be a diachronous , southern facies . |
4 | This was said to me , not by me , at a seminar on joint planning the other week and it was said over lunch by the director of another voluntary organisation which shall remain nameless . |
5 | He was formidable , laconic , self-disciplined , earnest but not humourless , and it was said of him that he did everything with a kind of good-natured fury . |
6 | As a young man he was a charming and lively companion , and it was said of him that ‘ a person more invariably gentle , kind , considerate and affectionate , did not exist . ’ |
7 | Bror Blixen , Karen Blixen 's husband , had syphilis and it was said to be common among the Masai . |
8 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
9 | The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial . |
10 | I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good . |
11 | But it was said by many doubters that British Airways could never be privatised . |