Example sentences of "be say [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it can be said we were lively , we were an animated lot . |
| 2 | It can be said he was a victim of circumstances . |
| 3 | Simultaneously to starting a business , Louis started courting — and it can also be said he was piling-up a lot of trouble for himself . |
| 4 | It can be said he was addressing a captive audience … of stooges . |
| 5 | All that is except this one when it could be said he was dealing with a special case — of cutlery . |
| 6 | They would be saying she was mad and her behaviour beyond their understanding . |
| 7 | The muddled thinking that makes us claim at least some vague idea of what God is leads us disastrously to thinking that if we say God can not be one kind of thing we must be saying he is the other . |
| 8 | ‘ Wo n't folk be saying it 's us , not Allan Lamb , who are bringing the game into disrepute by acting out a lie and covering up for Pakistan 's bowlers ? |