Example sentences of "it be said that a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that a Dark Elf assassin emerged from his hiding place beneath the piles of bones and struck Tethlis down with a poisoned blade . |
| 2 | In Cornwall , south-western England , it is said that a giant white hare named Looe gambols along the clifftops on evenings when there is a full moon . |
| 3 | It is said that a British ornithologist asked his aborigine guide what the birds were and the guide said , in aboriginese , ‘ good food ’ : I suppose we 're lucky he did n't say ‘ birds , you dickhead ’ . |
| 4 | Thus it is said that a particular decision was taken by Sir Bryan Carsberg rather than by Oftel . |
| 5 | It was said that a talented and gentle boy , named Israel , led his classmates into the forest to admire the birds and flowers , talking all the while of the holy scriptures . |