Example sentences of "[be] told the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're told the brochure undersells ; but we like delivering holidays which are better than expected . |
| 2 | We know the details and the w they 're told the facts when we report it and then they 're given a summons . |
| 3 | We 're told the weather is going to get better by tomorrow , so that 's what we 're hoping . |
| 4 | I am told the sky was brilliant and alive with red and green and white flares . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | At no point had any of us been told the procedure that would lead to us being selected to start our basic training . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been told the players pray five times a day — even if it means interrupting training ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Businessman John Foy and his wife Sally have been told the Pounds 250,000 house must go because it flouts planning regulations . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For years we 've been told the Government is pledged to reach the UN aid target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Mr MacArthur said : ‘ The pilot said he had been told the weather was bad on Mull and that he might fly on to Tiree . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I 've been told the boats ca n't go over , but when you 're out there , you wonder . |
| 26 | He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association . |
| 27 | Bramber … hardly deserves the name of a town , having not above fifteen or sixteen families in it , and of them not many above asking you an alms as you ride by ; the chiefest house in the town is a tavern , and hear , as I have been told the vintner , or ale-house keeper , rather , for he hardly deserved the name of a vintner , boasted , that upon an election , just then over , he had made £300 , of one pipe of a canary . |
| 28 | Not surprisingly , the group which had been told the topic in advance performed best on the tests . |
| 29 | ‘ Lance-Corporal Trumper , ’ said Tommy in disbelief after he had been told the news . |
| 30 | He 's willing to risk it , and he 's been told the risk . ’ |