Example sentences of "[conj] be told [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The students may have been naive about the realities of life abroad , but they wanted to see for themselves what life was like elsewhere rather than being told by party officials and foreigners . |
| 2 | you know this is the sort of thing and really , you know , sort of cropped hair and enormous moustaches like yard brushes , or this is the story that was told to me , and , and then there was this , all this , all this chortling about why their moustaches were so lubricant , oh yes , er so , so luxurious er rather , I beg your pardon , and erm |
| 3 | Royal protection chief Commander Bob Marsh also dismissed the paper 's other claims that the Yard had received information from spy chiefs and been told by the Palace to reveal Di 's movements . |
| 4 | It emerged that Harbury had rung Tavett 's home and been told by his wife that he was unwell and had gone to the doctor 's surgery . |
| 5 | In general however , women were sent back to their music and their embroidery and were told to be submissive . |
| 6 | I only heard the start of the prog but it sounded like the Norwich fans had booked tickets at Leeds , went to pick them up and were told to f*** off ! |
| 7 | The authorities have been given a record £181 million for 1992/3 to develop Aids services and were told by the NHS management executive yesterday to increase supplies to surgeries . |
| 8 | I costed this on the basis of staff receiving standard wages and being told on their contract that they would work 30 hours , to cover 24 hours a day . |
| 9 | Johnson dwells on McQueen 's diction , complimenting him upon it and being told in return that the man had ‘ learned it by grammar ’ , and Johnson goes on to contemplate that such good English must have been acquired while such people served in the armed forces . |
| 10 | A FRENCH driver took it literally when he asked for directions and was told to ‘ go straight over the roundabout ’ . |
| 11 | She wanted to know what he did with his evenings and was told of occasional visits to the West End now everything in the world of entertainment had opened up once more , but the mess or the local pubs were the usual haunts of his brother officers and himself . |
| 12 | ‘ My husband went to register him and was told of the tree offer . |
| 13 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 14 | A day or two later the policeman called and was told about the strange experiences . |
| 15 | DRIVER Ian Sharpe reported knocking over a girl and was told by police : ‘ That 's a ghoul . ’ |
| 16 | MALCOLM ALLISON watched his side lose to an injury-time goal and was told by Derby boss Arthur Cox : ‘ You deserved to win . ’ |
| 17 | Then again , Margery saw the Blessed Sacrament flicker like a dove 's wings , and was told by Jesus , ‘ My daughter Bride saw me never in this wise ’ . |
| 18 | Thus when in 1304 Archbishop Corbridge of York admitted to a canonry a papal providee instead of a royal presentee , he was summoned for contempt and was told by the king 's judges that as the pope 's acts were not subject to the English courts , no one should prosecute anything at Rome or elsewhere to the detriment of crown rights and royal dignity . |
| 19 | I have already been given several different figures , and was told by one person I could have 50 × 12″ fish because I have a good filter . |
| 20 | In a moment of clarity , just before her eleven a.m. medication on Friday , a bewildered Elinor threatened to leave and was told by a nurse that this was not possible without the prior permission of the matron . |
| 21 | The outcome was that at the end of June 1960 a Cuban delegation in Moscow was warmly received by Khrushchev himself , and was told by the Soviet premier that ’ the Soviet Union has only to press a button in any part of the Soviet Union for rockets from that country to fall on any other part of the planet ’ . |
| 22 | How generous he was to acknowledge his own defeat , when he asked one of his rivals -Parrhasius — to draw back the curtain and unveil the portrait underneath , and was told by the artist that the curtain itself was painted . |
| 23 | However , he made inquiries and was told by his bank that he was not eligible for such a loan because in the past he had received a Government grant . |
| 24 | After some hesitation she called Ken Harris 's home and was told by his wife that he had not yet returned . |
| 25 | Mrs Frak was sacked after the incident and was told by magistrates she could now face prison . |
| 26 | Mr Gray said he first took up his complaint about missing mail in December 1990 and was told by the post office in Darlington that it would be given urgent attention . |
| 27 | A cocky 12-year-old in an expensive Goretex jacket , Kevin claims that he went to the boy 's home and was told by his father that he had not killed anyone . |
| 28 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 29 | Super Channel wanted to run it but were told by the I.T.C. they 'd be pulled off the air if they did . |
| 30 | The judge agreed that ‘ it would be a denial of justice ’ if the case took a year , but was told by Mr Robertson that an appeal would be dealt with this week . |