Example sentences of "[coord] it [is] said that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There 's been nothing very dramatic since the secretive and highly confidential opening , when the teacher started with : " I 've been told about the wreck of a Roman Galley , which is buried in mud off the coast near Pompeii ; and it 's said that when it sank it was carrying great chests of treasure from Egypt . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Gwennap Pit was originally an amphitheatre created by mining subsidence , and it is said that tinners held their cock-fighting ‘ mains ’ ( matches ) in it , but in the eighteenth century John Wesley preached his fiery sermons to the large crowds of tinners and their families who gathered here . |
| 5 | The potential for growth had been retained and it is said that some of today 's bulls gain weight faster than continental breeds such as the Charolais ; the meat itself is now of much better quality . |
| 6 | For a week they accepted generous hospitality and it is said that on the evening before the massacre their leader played cards with McIan and his family . |
| 7 | The huntsman could then claim the dragon 's treasure hoard , and it is said that many of the noble houses of England were thus financed . |
| 8 | And it is said that her sister , the Lady Isabella Thynne , saw the like of herself also , before she died . |
| 9 | The mermaid did indeed return to claim Lutey and it is said that every nine years hence , one of his descendants is lost at sea . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers . |
| 12 | What is now being sought is , in a sense , a reversal of that development , in a particular type of case ; and it is said that it is too late to take that step . |
| 13 | Retribution soon followed , possibly by rock fall and it is said that Simon 's bones still lie a'mouldering it , the depths — no-one , you see , had the courage to go down into his mine and search for him . |
| 14 | ‘ The Hindus venerate oxen , ’ he wrote , ‘ and it is said that they actually drink the oxen 's urine when they fall sick . ’ |
| 15 | Alf had married quite early in his career , and it is said that his son , also Alfred , was an even more talented player . |
| 16 | But it is said that the Kal yuga gives way to the Sat yuga when the manifested power of the Life Force has reached its lowest ebb . |
| 17 | Little is known of their courtship but it is said that , for a brief time , they were happy . |
| 18 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 19 | There is good reason for its common name ; the bruised foliage , whose odour has mint-like associations , induces cats to roll all over the plant , eventually ruining it , but it is said that plants grown from seed will be safe until dying down , or withering for some reason . |
| 20 | There is no publicity out yet for the line , but it is said that the 1993 peak season of four trains each way will operate for only five weeks and that at the beginning and end of season there will be no trains on Fridays . |