Example sentences of "[noun sg] was told the " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Judge John Slack was told the hunt had been followed by members of the League Against Cruel Sports . |
2 | Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | The second group was told the title after they had read the passage , while the third group were not told the title at all . |
5 | In a rare prosecution following an incident on the field during a Football League game , Salisbury Crown Court was told the tussle followed a clearance from defence . |
6 | The court was told the woman became pregnant and had to have an abortion . |
7 | The court was told the airman had drunk seventeen pints of beer . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | The court was told the house was unoccupied when the pair broke in but the police received information that a burglary was in progress . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | The court was told the incident sparked off a week-long rooftop protest by inmates at Franklands Jail , County Durham . |
12 | The court was told the charges relate alleged assaults between January 1 , 1972 , and December 31 , 1973 . |
13 | It would have been nice to have been in the presentation room when the John Smith 's brand manager was told the script of their ads . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | The jury was told the men were to be paid £1,000 each with £500 expenses by Mr Brown 's wife to kill him . |
16 | But a Teesside Crown Court jury was told the woman suffered facial injuries in the attack last year . |
17 | The hearing was told the child had been left with a 14-year-old baby-sitter . |
18 | The inquest was told the injuries were sustained during convulsions induced by narcotics . |
19 | A Hull inquest was told the glass punctured his lung . |
20 | Seconds later the patrol was told the van was a ringer as the owner and his van were still at home . |