Example sentences of "it is said [that] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Presumably , since it is said that she lived to 127 , her sixties would be equivalent to our thirties or forties . |
| 4 | An example of the first might be Mrs Thatcher , insofar as it is said that she dominated her Cabinets . |
| 5 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 6 | It is said that he advised that the centre should be incorporated , and a company ( ‘ C.M.C. ’ ) was duly formed on 29 April 1983 . |
| 7 | It is said that he constructed a tank and poured into it molten gold so that it became one vast molten block . |
| 8 | Indeed , it is said that he composed one aria while waiting for the rice to cook . |
| 9 | It is said that he stood transfixed before the Altar of Khaine , and even laid his hand on the hilt of the great weapon . |
| 10 | It is said that he stood before the altar and for a moment the Blade called to him . |
| 11 | It is said that he tried to dissuade his sons from studying mathematics so that the name of Gauss would remain synonymous with excellence . |
| 12 | One of the popular books at the very outbreak of war captured the mood , Mrs Miniver ( 1939 ) ; an American best seller and subsequently a most successful film , it is said that it hastened America 's entry into the war . |