Example sentences of "[pers pn] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad that those that have them are said to be ‘ tea-bagging ’ them — moving their precious chips from system to system to prove to customers that their box works , then quickly back into the safe . |
| 2 | The pilotari or players took to wearing more elaborate gloves or other prosthetic aids in propelling the ball , and what had once been a lo wish wall at the end of the playing area was built higher and higher to contain the far greater velocities , while the courts themselves became longer , until some of them are said to have reached 100 metres . |
| 3 | Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend . |
| 4 | The gentleman with the white waistcoat was standing at the gate with his hands behind him after having delivered himself having witnessed with the donkey he smiled rejoicedly when that the door , he saw at once it was Mr Mr smiled as he pursued the I am said the gentleman in the white waistcoat |
| 5 | I bought him some of those cheekies Hey you know I 'm said I knew I forgotten something out of Gateways , do n't you ? |
| 6 | That 's what I was said , have you got your , that 's Debenhams receipt there ? |
| 7 | Oh , you 're said . |
| 8 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |
| 9 | So can she be said to have died as a result of the accident ? ’ |
| 10 | This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion . |
| 11 | ‘ Listen , pet , she 's said she 'll have you . |
| 12 | It 's not that she 's said , ‘ No , you must n't wear make-up ’ , but all my friends do , and sometimes I feel strange because I have n't got any . |
| 13 | This … this cousin Mary of Mother 's , whatever she 's said about her , might be a compassionate woman ; and I do n't think she has any children of her own . |
| 14 | I 've seen a woman talking to an officer and then overheard officers discussing what she 's said . |
| 15 | She 's saying it 's important to stand firm , not give in to terrorists , and the rest , but she 's said , ‘ That does not mean that you do n't negotiate … |
| 16 | Need to know what she 's said — who she 's said it to . |
| 17 | She 's said to be the daughter of a English general and apparently very beautiful … a good bit younger than him , of course . ’ |
| 18 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm damn sure she has n't queried the bill because she 's said nothing about it before . |
| 20 | All his life she 's said that . |
| 21 | She 's said nothing to me . ’ |
| 22 | She 's said to be in a great state of shock . |
| 23 | When under pressure , though , she is said to throw tantrums , to distance herself from those around her and just take off . |
| 24 | The evidence she is said recently to have conveyed to ANC intelligence officers against Mrs Mandela throws darker shadows over what was already seen as a murky trial . |
| 25 | Following her husband 's death , she is said to have been given Weston Hall as a Valentine present by her father [ Sitwell , 5 ] . |
| 26 | At a meeting of a cabinet committee early last month , she is said to have ‘ kicked over the table ’ in consternation at the proposals . |
| 27 | The Lost Leader , of course , had not the remotest interest in sport , although she is said to look back wistfully to those distant Lincolnshire days when she would clasp the hand of Alderman Roberts as together they watched the bear-baiting . |
| 28 | Following the much trumpeted loss of her maidenhood , she is said to have undergone a test to determine whether or not she has AIDS , an ailment prevalent in that part of the world . |
| 29 | She is said to have shot Robert Staudinger , 27 , in the head twice . |
| 30 | She is said to have beaten the girl , torn up her clothes and locked her in a bedroom after finding nude pictures of her in Allen 's Manhattan flat . |