Example sentences of "said to have been [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orlando Azcué was also said to have been beaten by prison guards on at least three occasions . |
| 2 | That equitable doctrine , however , could hardly apply in the present case because the variation here might be said to have been made without consideration . |
| 3 | They then made their agreement , which can truly I think be said to have been made under compulsion , by the telex of June 28 , without prejudice to their rights . |
| 4 | No one will explain why he should have had a turtle-shell to lie in instead of some more orthodox cradle , but during the anti-monarchical excesses of the French Revolution this venerable carapace is said to have been saved from destruction by a naturalist of Pau , who was able to switch it for one without any such incriminatory associations from his own collection . |
| 5 | Kim 's appeal for economic assistance was said to have been met with advice from Li Peng on running a market-orientated economy . |