Example sentences of "[be] tell [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So as they go round they get they look at their guidebooks , they 're told all the are . |
| 2 | We 're told that erm you know , the ma , the massive redundancies in places like |
| 3 | Erm , but we 're told this interesting thing about them , mainly that , er about them and about us as well , that their true self is not their current bodily condition . |
| 4 | You do , you try doing what you 're telling other people . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're wearing that ridiculous outfit , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I do n't know why you 're telling all these things to Malik and telling him about things I gave you as a present . ’ |
| 6 | If you work if you work on a quarter page at three ninety and cos remember you 're telling all this on the phone . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're telling dirty jokes , ’ Mary Mauchline announced to Maggie . |
| 8 | They 're telling some of the stories that go off like , you know . |
| 9 | You 're telling big whoppers again . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that she had a secret , ironic intention , but I doubt it : she wished to give souvenirs to a number of people , and that there should be no cause for jealousy between them — though I am told that jealousy arose . |
| 11 | Reliance was apparently placed — I say ‘ apparently ’ because there is nothing in the papers which indicates clearly one way or the other what the view of the justices ' clerk was on this subject — I am told that reliance was placed on section 8(3) which provides : ‘ For the purposes of this Act ‘ family proceedings ’ means any proceedings … ( b ) under the enactments mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) . ’ |
| 12 | It has also become evident from recent literature that there was nothing like a " simultaneous " extinction of many different groups , either within the brachiopods alone or within the organic world in general , at the end of the Permian ; I am told that plant spores , at least , still show an uncannily rapid change at this level all round the world , though the big change in plant macrofossils seems to have come much later . |
| 13 | Next year I shall plant crown imperials , Fritillaria imperialis , round the garden as I am told this will deter even the most persistent mole . |
| 14 | I would like to know if anyone else has had to pay for shore dives as I am told this is an illegal practice . |
| 15 | I am told this is the norm . |
| 16 | Drill , he had been told thirty years ago , is a curious aspect of training . |
| 17 | He 'd been told various stories that had supplied small but interesting details about Mandru 's personality and private life . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I 've been told all the stories about how my dad used to stand in the Steering Wheel Club with half a pint of lager just waiting to talk to people and to worm his way into Formula One . |
| 19 | I need to know that it 's necessary to remove all those trees I 've been told all sorts of things like they 're in pots and they 'll become pot bound they 're growing outwards they might fall down they might fracture mains they block off the er view of the church well I think they 're a nice asset in the city centre . |
| 20 | It was difficult , even though she had been told all the problems of Gesner , to continue to hold oneself together in the face of such blatant hatred . |
| 21 | I had applied to continue full-time research following my degree course , but this had been turned down by my chief officers ; however , I had been told that assistance for part-time study would almost certainly be approved in view of the national policy of encouraging officers to extend their educational qualifications . |
| 22 | Maggie was tempted to that particular plot , for the story had been told that way so many times , and it is very hard , at moments of crisis , to re-cast the language and the shape of old stories . |
| 23 | The 38 lenders are also thought to have been told that trading is worse than at any time since the current owner took over in the late 1980s . |
| 24 | ‘ NatWest had been told that merchant banking was a good idea , but I do n't think they thought much beyond that , with the result that we could plough our own furrow , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Because they had been told that research shows that the teaching of grammar restricts the imagination , imposing a strait-jacket of conventions , they did not realise that it all depends on what kind of grammar is taught and in what contexts . |
| 26 | And , besides , I had always been told that self-pity was despicable . |
| 27 | Loughlin , out until Christmas , broke his arm playing for Great Britain against New South Wales Country , and Saints have been told that insurance does not cover players on international duty . |
| 28 | Some tenants to whom this happens every few months said they 'd been told that next time they 'd have to sort it out themselves . |
| 29 | I 've been told that before by a hypnotherapist . |
| 30 | I 've always shaved my legs but I 've been told that shaving makes the hair grow more strongly . |