Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [be] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the inception of the previous chapter it was said that all grants of power to public bodies could be broken down into two parts : if X exists , you may or shall do Y. |
| 2 | Doors and bolts had been fixed , but in a three-month period it was said that ‘ 14 dozen locks ’ had been broken , the children had burned down the door , and even iron gates had not stopped them from gaining access to the roof and throwing stones on people below . |
| 3 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 4 | Later in the day it was said that the Germans had refused to issue any more food parcels for the rest of the week . |
| 5 | Moderator it is said that a passion for consistency is the mark of a small mind which probably explains why I have a passion for consistency . |
| 6 | On Harper 's behalf it was said that although he 'd been reckless , dangerous and stupid by starting the fire , there 'd been no evil or mischief in his mind . |
| 7 | Maria ( whose name is pronounced ‘ Mah-Rye-Yah ’ , as in ‘ Black Maria ’ ) is the daughter of a Bean Street neighbour , and suddenly without provocation it is said that she starts an uproar of a fight in which Mrs Jenkins is stabbed . |
| 8 | Because a mosque stood next door it was said that the cinema had been rejected by Allah as an unworthy neighbour . |
| 9 | In a more recent case it was said that the evidence called must be commensurate with the seriousness of the allegations made ( per Butler-Sloss LJ in R v Birmingham CC , ex pP [ 1991 ] 1 WLR 221 ) . |
| 10 | IN the Budget it was said that beer was going up by 1p a pint , was it not ? |
| 11 | In the Far East it is said that a girl is not eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice . |
| 12 | In the way it is said that the Tour de France does not really begin until it reaches the Alps , the cognoscenti contend that the first 63 holes are jockeying for position . |
| 13 | Cable & Wireless Plc 's Mercury Communications Ltd seems to have run into trouble with its trial of personal numbering announced last August : at that stage it was saying that trials of the technology — which would enable subscribers to use any phone to inform the network of their whereabouts — would begin in the autumn of last year . |