Example sentences of "[pers pn] was told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was on a visit doing some coaching when I was told the President and Secretary of State wanted to see me . |
| 2 | ( I was told the May trip is great but the blackflies are very bad . |
| 3 | I was told the fun was beginning to go out of it , but now it is back as the competition for best fancy dress is nearly as tough as the race itself . |
| 4 | I was told the service was really only for pilots flying unaccompanied , who could not maintain a good lookout whilst otherwise engaged , and that the service applied essentially to commercial operations . |
| 5 | No mention was made of my helping with the editing , and when I enquired , I was told the programme was nowhere near that stage yet ; in fact , the producer had not yet had time to listen to the — what must be by now — at least four hours of tape . |
| 6 | In the late summer of 1986 I was told the answer was a transplant . |
| 7 | I failed to get my case for a share of his property and savings heard because I was told the courts do n't recognise a common-law wife . |
| 8 | When I was offered the editorship , I was told the clock stood at five to 12 . ’ |
| 9 | I was told the data was needed for the Medical Division — among a host of other activities INCUBUS owns a number of , pharmaceutical laboratories . |
| 10 | ‘ But when I went back the next day , I was told the two shops were no longer connected . |
| 11 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 12 | I was told the rules , there were not that many and most were sensible . |
| 13 | I was told the ring the bell so I did . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought we might have got round to talking new terms before breaking up for the summer , but I was told the board were n't able to arrange a meeting . |
| 15 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
| 16 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
| 17 | Immediately she was told the situation — she knew the strategic implications already of the cancellation of the Finnish Expedition — Charity was full of practical ideas for the reinstatement of Charles . |
| 18 | Six months later , when she asked for it to be given to Arrowe Park Hospital , which saved her son 's life , she was told the money was in a ‘ suspense account ’ . |
| 19 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
| 20 | She was told the facts . |
| 21 | It first approached the CNAA in 1971 , and after some initial doubts on the part of the Council , it was told the following year that the CNAA might be able to consider a formal approach on condition that the new institution was not called a ‘ university ’ — since the CNAA was precluded by its Charter from the validation of universities . |
| 22 | ‘ I hope all the old dears over there will hold tight to the handrail , ’ was his only remark when he was told the news , but he said more to Ruth when he went home at lunch time . |
| 23 | He was shown the white tigers and was ready to be on his way when he was told the Maharajah wanted to see him . |
| 24 | On his first day of arrival he was told the authorities had closed EuroDisney down and when he asked why , he was told someone had reported to the authorities that a six foot mouse was walking round the day before . |
| 25 | Although Faulkner wanted a guarantee that the agreement was constitutionally sound , he was told the Supreme Court would decide . |