Example sentences of "[be] told [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are areas that are just what they want things passed on the hoof. left , right and centre when anyone else outside these areas wants it we 're told no money , no capital , ca n't be spent this year , wipe it off and I think you should be very careful or you might have a backlash where you least want it . |
| 2 | We 're told the brochure undersells ; but we like delivering holidays which are better than expected . |
| 3 | We know the details and the w they 're told the facts when we report it and then they 're given a summons . |
| 4 | We 're told the weather is going to get better by tomorrow , so that 's what we 're hoping . |
| 5 | I am told the sky was brilliant and alive with red and green and white flares . |
| 6 | Julie Burchill turns to thriller writing with No Exit ( Mandarin ) ; I am told the sex is there but nowhere near as over the top as in Ambition , but I have n't read it . |
| 7 | I am told the guardian ad litem needs approximately 14 days to prepare an up to date report , which I will order to be prepared . |
| 8 | Now that I have also fitted 750 x 16 SAT tyres the vehicle is very sluggish , I am told the solution would be to change the diffs , but to which ones ? |
| 9 | The family has been told a rabbit would be allowed on the head stone of the infant in the parish church . |
| 10 | Jail chiefs have been told a prisoner snatched the keys from a warder who fell asleep on duty . |
| 11 | I 'd been told a lot of stories |
| 12 | Early on a Sunday morning I walked up Plateros and then through the narrow streets to where I had been told a bus , colectivo — some form of transport — would leave . |
| 13 | ‘ I have been told the forms are private and confidential , but by the time you finish filling them in , your whole life is there for someone to see . ’ |
| 14 | At no point had any of us been told the procedure that would lead to us being selected to start our basic training . |
| 15 | The problem is compounded by the fact that we have not been told the prices realised by the sale of the NBC 's subsidiary companies . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been told the players pray five times a day — even if it means interrupting training ! |
| 17 | Coun Williams added officers had contacted the African National Congress ' London office for guidance and had been told the organisation would not welcome trade with the country while sanctions are still in place . |
| 18 | ‘ The car is at the garage now and Elton has been told the damage can be repaired and the car will be back on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 19 | The military report claimed that when Georgian authorities protested to the Russian army headquarters in Gudauta , they had been told the attack had been to avenge shelling on Saturday of a Russian army unit . |
| 20 | His son , Li Yuan , had seen it all five years before , in those first few days after he had been told the secret of their world — the Great Lie upon which everything was built . |
| 21 | Businessman John Foy and his wife Sally have been told the Pounds 250,000 house must go because it flouts planning regulations . |
| 22 | It was , however , reported by his personal staff that he did manage a smirk when he had been told the story of how his arch rival and competitor had been conned by his countrymen on a flag-flying visit to the auld counthrie . |
| 23 | For years we 've been told the Government is pledged to reach the UN aid target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 24 | er sent us a photograph after the war was over , but since then , since we 've tried to find him , we 've been told the man 's never existed at all . |
| 25 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 26 | In fact the ack-ack unit , who thought , or hoped , they might be protecting the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret , in residence at Windsor Castle , almost missed the fun entirely , having been told the raid would be at 2 a.m . |
| 27 | Mr MacArthur said : ‘ The pilot said he had been told the weather was bad on Mull and that he might fly on to Tiree . |
| 28 | They 'd just been told the George Hotel was n't important enough to be listed , but the protestors vowed to physically stop the demolition team if necessary and it looked as if they had the backing of the Planning Authority . |
| 29 | As she raced through the lounge to join Tom and Faye in the car , she saw the party guests , who had sensed that something was amiss but had not yet been told the details , milling and exclaiming in the background , like flocks of frightened birds . |
| 30 | I 've been told the boats ca n't go over , but when you 're out there , you wonder . |