Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fatal accident inquiry at Ayr had been told by the lawyer for the golf club that the most important way to stop accidental drownings is by education . |
| 2 | Frankie had been told to dress in a hurry , and Sweetheart had taken him to the park near the old railway bridge in Horton Park Avenue . |
| 3 | He added that during the repair process Mr Hall had been told he could exchange the Rolls for another vehicle but had refused . |
| 4 | ‘ NatWest had been told that merchant banking was a good idea , but I do n't think they thought much beyond that , with the result that we could plough our own furrow , ’ he says . |
| 5 | On his last night-shift of the week , Ted had been told that the platelaying gang would be undertaking essential track repairs near the box starting at midnight . |
| 6 | Mrs Cath Thompson and Mrs Judy Robinson had been told senior officials from Grand Met , which owns 28 pubs in the Darlington area , would travel to the town to hear publicans ' grievances . |
| 7 | Stephen had been told he was needed in the factory which had turned over to war work but Joe and Terry had applied to join the Irish Guards , and Eileen to join the WAAFs . |
| 8 | Delaney had been told to hold Titron for forty-eight hours . |
| 9 | The baby finally gave a feeble and pitiful squawk , quite unlike the enraged roars which McAllister had been told that her sturdy brothers had made on entering their privileged world — and which she had undoubtedly made herself — but at least he was breathing . |
| 10 | Malcolm had been told to expect a prison sentence , but the judge took pity on him , saying that he had been provoked by racial abuse from drunken louts . |
| 11 | McCrea had been told to stay on , pack , tidy up and return the keys to the landlord when he left next morning . |
| 12 | Bissett had been told that often enough , about the dead aunt and her bequest . |
| 13 | Three Mutawas had been told of the indignation from the foreign community and they stood with the armed guards at the entry of the delivery theatre to ensure that no sympathetic foreigner assisted the girl to escape . |
| 14 | Thackeray had been told of the death and of the anatomical examination after it was all over and he had spoken ‘ with warmth and sharpness ’ to Mr. Leech . |
| 15 | In Bucharest Dalby had been told by a totally reliable source that Ion Manescu , brutal Securitate chief , was alive . |
| 16 | Thus , although the US had been told by the French not only that there was no question of the ‘ reconquest ’ of Indo-China but that it was also doubtful that France had the military strength to accomplish it , they were also invited to believe , by the French , that Ho was in direct contact with Moscow and was receiving advice and instructions from the Soviets . |
| 17 | There is , to my mind , no doubt that Mr Bloch and his locksmith would not have been permitted by Mr Clayton to interfere with the existing lock if Mr Clayton had been told that that act was intended in any way to interfere with his rights under his existing sub-lease . |
| 18 | Collinson had been told by John Bartram of his son 's artistic talent : ‘ Botany and drawing are his darling delight … |
| 19 | He was nobody 's fool , but Fowler had been told to avoid scaring him . |
| 20 | Fowler had been told not to press the old man , but the parentage of Cissie 's baby had been the cause of much of the gossip . |
| 21 | The TV licensing authority in Bristol confirmed Mr Smart had been told that technically he 'd be breaking the law if he watched TV before receiving the new licence . |
| 22 | Alix had been told about poverty , in Leeds , at school and at home . |
| 23 | Impossible to judge whether she knew or did not know whatever it was that Francis had been told , and there was nothing to be gained by turning the screw too hard . |
| 24 | To Zvi , Wine was an upstart — an interloper who had suddenly appeared in the community a year ago ( real name , Zvi had been told , was Benny Wineberg from Brighton ) , set up as a dentist , and by charging ludicrously low fees had been taking clients from Zvi . |
| 25 | Thorold Mackie had been told that it would be extremely serious if there had been a leak and he had replied : ‘ I hear what you 're saying , ’ it was alleged at an insider dealing trial at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 26 | Bernard had been told this was a confusing mixture reminiscent of the old drapers ' shops — and would never work as the products would attract different customers . |
| 27 | Melanie had been told they had come to live in a great city but found herself again in a village , a grey one . |
| 28 | I wanted my mum or Ian , but my mum was at home and Ian had been told to go into the waiting room . |
| 29 | Tact and discretion he had used , and he dared say that Dierdriu had been told who had been at the back of it . |
| 30 | The chef warrant officer was every bit as odious as Ingrid had been told to expect . |