Example sentences of "was tell the " in BNC.
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31 | What is surprising is that the group which was told the topic immediately after the reading was not able to make any use of the information ; they did just as poorly as the " no topic " group . |
32 | I was told the rules , there were not that many and most were sensible . |
33 | I was told the ring the bell so I did . |
34 | The court was told the woman became pregnant and had to have an abortion . |
35 | He was shown the white tigers and was ready to be on his way when he was told the Maharajah wanted to see him . |
36 | She was told the facts . |
37 | But in July last year he became quite ill and was told the tumour had become ‘ aggressive . ’ |
38 | Seconds later the patrol was told the van was a ringer as the owner and his van were still at home . |
39 | ‘ I thought we might have got round to talking new terms before breaking up for the summer , but I was told the board were n't able to arrange a meeting . |
40 | On his first day of arrival he was told the authorities had closed EuroDisney down and when he asked why , he was told someone had reported to the authorities that a six foot mouse was walking round the day before . |
41 | Retired businessman had been trying to but the 1936 Armstrong Siddeley for years , but was told the car was not for sale . |
42 | It first approached the CNAA in 1971 , and after some initial doubts on the part of the Council , it was told the following year that the CNAA might be able to consider a formal approach on condition that the new institution was not called a ‘ university ’ — since the CNAA was precluded by its Charter from the validation of universities . |
43 | After about a month I rang and was told I 'd be hearing something soon , and when I did n't I phoned again a month or so later and was told the same . |
44 | The court was told the airman had drunk seventeen pints of beer . |
45 | Coroner Michael Colcutt was told the police officers had followed the forces procedures when chasing cars . |
46 | Judge John Slack was told the hunt had been followed by members of the League Against Cruel Sports . |
47 | Although Faulkner wanted a guarantee that the agreement was constitutionally sound , he was told the Supreme Court would decide . |
48 | Magistrate Paul Copeland was told the drugs were obtained from a man at Kelly 's nightclub in Portrush . |
49 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
50 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
51 | Yesterday Mrs Justice Ebsworth , sitting at Teesside Crown Court , was told the life of the child could have been saved if doctors had monitored the foetus ' heartbeat after Mrs Busuttil , then 26 , was admitted into Middlesbrough 's Parkside Hospital in 1984 because her general practitioner detected irregularities . |
52 | But a Teesside Crown Court jury was told the woman suffered facial injuries in the attack last year . |
53 | The event will go ahead on August 30 , along with the nationally recognised dog show on the Saturday , but the parish council was told the show 's future looked gloomy because of increased charges , particularly those for hiring equipment from Langbaurgh council . |
54 | Lily Morrison was due to have treatment for a hernia but , after a three hour wait in a side ward , was told the operation has been cancelled . |
55 | But this week Mrs Thompson was told the meeting would be held miles away in Yorkshire and involve only her and Mrs Robinson . |
56 | Yesterday Teesside Crown Court was told the armed response came after Sadhana Nazir tipped off the police that her boyfriend Asaf Mansha had returned to their home in Grange Road , Thornaby , with two other men with stolen goods . |
57 | The court was told the house was unoccupied when the pair broke in but the police received information that a burglary was in progress . |
58 | The court was told the offences were committed in August , 1981 , four months after Dakers had been released on parole from a four-year prison term imposed for burglary , theft and handling . |
59 | During a meeting , the workforce was told the Government would not put any money into the campaign to save the British operation of Leyland-DAF . |
60 | The judge , Lord Cowie , who was told the youths were first offenders , sent Sommerville to a young offender 's institution for life . |