Example sentences of "[was/were] tell he " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the last festival , Ib Anderson was the undoubted star , and we were told he was leaving immediately after the festival to join New York City ballet . |
| 2 | An enquiry has been ordered into the Bulgarian international 's background after Ipswich were told he had played 12 games for his country . |
| 3 | But when the Mirror attempted to contact MISTER Hooton we were told he was unavailable … by a colleague calling herself MISS Russell . |
| 4 | They were told he : |
| 5 | ‘ He 's got a two-year-old son called Richard and they were told he had cystic fibrosis . |
| 6 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
| 7 | The brothers were told he was part of an international organisation and Mr Shafi was asked to become a broker . |
| 8 | Today Oxford magistrates were told he had not told the authorities who was driving , or filled in a means test form . |
| 9 | Teesside Magistrates were told he had not entered plans with Middlesbrough council , had failed to give notice of work being carried out and had not made the foundations big enough or deep enough . |
| 10 | INVESTIGATORS hunting the Darlington man alleged to have managed a nationwide counterfeit video business were told he had committed suicide . |
| 11 | Organisers were told he was ‘ a very busy man . ’ |
| 12 | After three days the family made the agonising decision to switch the machine off when they were told he would not recover . |
| 13 | It was n't just Doyle and the Woman , after all , who were telling him that he was wrong . |
| 14 | Becoming editor had been the greatest day of his life , and now these people were telling him that his paper was apolitical and had a lack of analysis and editorialization . |
| 15 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
| 16 | And yet , ’ scornfully , ‘ you were telling him you loved him . |
| 17 | ‘ My darling ! ’ he whispered hoarsely , and , as if trying to believe what her eyes were telling him , his arm tightened about her and , ‘ Are those tears , the ones you 're only just managing to hold back , tears of joy ? ’ he asked tensely . |
| 18 | So I says , I , I were telling him though , I 'm going ten o'clock my car needs done ! |
| 19 | Was what you were telling him this morning , was it ? |
| 20 | They were telling him he 'd had enough drink and stop |
| 21 | They were to tell him that I loved him … |
| 22 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 23 | My Lords erm I would only hope that I would be able to do something to my Noble Friend in trying to persuade him that it is n't all that bad erm My Lords I do agree with him though when you I , I think that I 'd be first of all w were to tell him that er not that he would n't be surprised that I thought that his amendment was n't actually necessary , but I do understand his concern , I mean he tries to find his way through the legislation . |
| 24 | Oh it were to tell him that dinner were ready and there 's this cheeky little mouse sat on top dinner , and he ai n't half eaten it |
| 25 | As courts began dealing with charges of theft and public order offences , a qualified referee was told he may be jailed for his part in the looting of a Blackpool jewellers . |
| 26 | At the time Neath said they walked off in disgust after 35 minutes because their lock Gareth Llewellyn was told he could continue until the interval but would then be sent off . |
| 27 | He was diagnosed as having leukaemia , his wife was called from Trinidad , and when she arrived was told he had no more than six weeks to live . |
| 28 | Charles asked to read it and was told he could n't . |
| 29 | When he finally named seven people he was told he should be comforted by the fact that all of them were already under subpoena to appear . |
| 30 | Charles Chaplin left for London , to present his film Limelight , and chose exile when he was told he would be examined on his fitness to re-enter the country he had lived in for forty years . |