Example sentences of "it be [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 2 | Do n't let it be said I kept you here against your will . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't let it be said I stopped anyone working — especially Robyn Drew , ’ he added sarcastically . |
| 4 | Well , never let it be said I disappointed a lady ! ’ he growled , coming to his knees and reaching for her . |
| 5 | And if so why should it be supposed they had adventured into the forest rather than eastward towards the corn lands and the nearer towns , and the coast ? |
| 6 | It 's understood he 'd met the victim some weeks before in the Fleet Street area of Swindon . |
| 7 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 8 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 9 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 10 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 11 | Pamela had left no note but it 's understood she 'd been depressed before her death . |
| 12 | It 's alleged he cut his thumb on the broken glass and that Paterson helped him get rid of the bloodstained clothing . |
| 13 | It 's alleged he fondled the women and suggested they take off their clothes while they were taking their driving tests . |
| 14 | It 's alleged he gave a different description in this interview to the one he gave to the trial and the inquiry looked into why the evidence was not disclosed to the jury . |
| 15 | It 's to keep you invested in building societies , only they , they 're frantic because all the money 's going out and they want to keep their erm their erm deposits up , so they 're offering these schemes , and they are quite good , there are no charges as such , but er you 'll get the value of the fund that they 've made , or you 'll get a say two or three percent bonus per annum on top of the er share rate , er if you keep it for four or five years . |
| 16 | It 's claimed he made contact with the KGB on a vacation trip to Moscow during his second year at Oxford ; an argument that certainly does n't wash with Jesse Malkin . |
| 17 | It 's thought he 'd been incontinent and tried to wash himself . |
| 18 | It 's thought he 'd been swept off a mountain in high winds . |
| 19 | He 'd managed to walk out of a locked ward at the Fairmile psychiatric hospital , and it 's thought he threw himself under an express train . |
| 20 | It 's beleived he took an overdose . |
| 21 | It is said he had to put up with a sofa in the corridor until his identity was revealed . |
| 22 | Little is known of his childhood , though it is said he developed a talent for drawing at an early age . |
| 23 | On this point a Mareva injunction can be distinguished from an Anton Piller order ; it was the fact that the latter is immediately and irreversibly executed as soon as it is served which led the court in Allertext Inc . |
| 24 | It is understood he left Liverpool on May 27 , shortly before his exams were due to begin . |
| 25 | It is understood he slept at Hillsborough Castle . |
| 26 | It is understood he gave a positive breath test . |
| 27 | The pilots were told to divert towards India but it is believed they turned north by mistake and hit the mountains . |
| 28 | Fisher spent some time here and it is believed he entertained Erasmus , his great friend , at the Palace . |
| 29 | It is believed he thought he could no longer be charged over the under-age sex given the time that had elapsed . |
| 30 | It is believed he had fallen behind on rent payments for the four-bedroom house and had difficulties funding the children 's education . |