Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been told that members of the Lords are permitted to use the facilities provided by the Commons — the bar , the library , etc — and trot up and down the Commons corridors . |
| 2 | Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ? |
| 3 | Mrs Banham said he was put on the operation waiting list in December last year , when the wait was about seven months , since then she has been told it could be 18 months . |
| 4 | And it is important , for an understanding of Janey 's changing attitude to the boys , to know that she has been told their story . |
| 5 | Betty 's other criticism of the scheme is that she has been told to use it for individualised learning and she does not believe that the children learn properly this way . |
| 6 | She has been told by the local hospital that she can not have an appointment until June 1993 . |
| 7 | said about the Animal Procedures Act of nineteen eighty six , erm , I know she 's been told about the animals are killed painlessly and that they suffer very little pain , where there 's any pain at all , but in fact this act erm which is governed by a committee only erm issues guidelines as to what might happen . |
| 8 | But now she 's been told she ca n't . |
| 9 | There is , he says , an old Lappish church near its eastern edge ; he has never seen it but he has been told of it by an old Lapp who lives near the lakes western edge . |
| 10 | ‘ He has been told that if there is another occasion he will attract an indefinite period of time out of the game . |
| 11 | He has been told he has only months to live , but the case could take two years before the Court of Session in Edinburgh . |
| 12 | The minister in charge must be able to seek the advice of his subordinates without having to publish what he has been told . |
| 13 | ‘ He has been told simply that I object to marriage with Artai , ’ she said . |
| 14 | That holds the immune cells firm , he has been told . |
| 15 | ‘ He does only what he has been told . ’ |
| 16 | Gravenor Henson , the leader of the Framework Knitters " Union , regarded the existence of the acts as " a tremendous millstone round the neck of the local artisan , which has depressed and debased him to the earth , every act which he has attempted every measure that he has devised to keep up or raise his wages , he has been told was illegal : the whole force of the civil power and influence of the district has been exerted against him because he was acting illegally " . |
| 17 | A present employee must respect the confidentiality of his employer 's information even to the extent that he should not pry into information he has been told not to look at . |
| 18 | Charming at first sight is this picture of the warm-blooded sailor who sets out to win a girl because he has been told he is beneath her . |
| 19 | Former BAe executive Richard Hooke says he has been told Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 20 | Mr Hooke says he has been told that Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 21 | His arduous training programme in the run-up to the Games means he has no choice but to quit his job as a driver with Middlesbroughbased civil engineers TPM McDonagh , though he has been told he can return afterwards . |
| 22 | Jones said : ‘ He has been told to lose weight since Christmas but he has n't bothered himself . ’ |
| 23 | He has been told not to drive , having developed thrombosis in his legs . |
| 24 | The clerk to the council , Mr Harry Whitehouse , received several letters from residents complaining about dogs fouling the green and nearby private gardens and he has been told the dog warden will be sent more regularly . |
| 25 | Recently it broke down and he has been told that it could cost up to £400 to get him mobile again . |
| 26 | He is writing to his sister , narrating the extraordinary tale that he has been told by Frankenstein . |
| 27 | So , I have told him before because he has been told off before for talking you know at the back |
| 28 | Any present-day fan will be familiar with the Botham story , for it has been told too often to need repeating . |
| 29 | These trends indicate how difficult it is for the market to translate what it has been told about the purchasing power of this group into reality . |
| 30 | The UN , trawling the net wide , has not yet found the troops it wants for Mozambique , which in contrast to Angola is supposed to be a model operation , or the mechanised battalion it has been told to send to the Kuwait-Iraq border . |