Example sentences of "say [to-vb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though these men were perfectly acceptable to Theodore , Wilfrid is said to have declared himself unable to serve God in unity with them because he regarded them as strangers to the Catholic Church ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 30 ) . |
| 2 | This foolish lad was said to have gorged himself on an entire goose one Christmas Eve and , upon staggering home , was robbed and murdered . |
| 3 | So long as such men as Willaert , Verdelot , and Arcadelt held posts in Venice , Florence , and Rome that is , until the mid-century or after Italian music can not be said to have emancipated itself from northern tutelage . |
| 4 | In that time , Mr Hurd can not be said to have stirred himself . |
| 5 | Errors of fact or law will have to stand , provided the expert can be said to have asked himself " the right question " . |
| 6 | There was talk of one independent dealer losing £50,000 yesterday alone ; another was said to have found himself £150,000 out of pocket over the week . |
| 7 | The last beach along here before you come to the first of the rocky headlands that are so prettily characteristic of Biarritz 's coastline , is called the Chambre d'Amour or Chamber of Love , after an old depression in the sand where two lovers are said to have put themselves well and truly on the map by being surprised in their amours by the Atlantic tide . |
| 8 | Snow Queen : Winter-sports fan Queen Sirikit of Thailand is said to have modelled herself on our own Elizabeth II |
| 9 | In all the chain there are less than ten square kilometres left of glacier , or about a fortieth of what there is in the Alps , though , after many years of shrinkage , the Pyrenean ice-fields are said to have spread themselves a little since 1950 . |
| 10 | ( e ) the vulnerability or otherwise of the target 's board ( the offeror will particularly focus on the board 's achievements and also on any areas where individual directors could be said to have advantaged themselves at the expense of the company ( eg golden parachute arrangements ( see para 18.5.12 below ) ) ; |