Example sentences of "[was/were] told [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following morning , after the attack , the police were told about the abandoned Zodiac dinghy and also given the number of the camper van . |
| 2 | And when Cheryl 's holiday was over and her Brownie Pack met again , the Pack were told about the rescue of the pony by semaphore , and agreed that Cheryl had passed her Semaphore Challenge with flying colours . |
| 3 | More than 70 delegates at the Edinburgh conference were told about the dumping of unsafe products on emerging eastern European democracies . |
| 4 | None of the children were told about the wedding in advance and the first Charles knew of his new stepmother was when the headmaster of his prep school informed him |
| 5 | Again we were told about the unjustified actions of the British Army in shooting these men . |
| 6 | We spent a pleasant evening with Bob at the Springfield Hotel , the most northerly pub , in the British Isles where , amongst other anecdotes , we were told about the customs officer from Lerwick who was staying on Unst one very wet and stormy night , and awoke to find the roof of his bedroom had blown off . |
| 7 | Oh we Oh I suppose we were told about the war but being young and heedless we would not take it all in . |
| 8 | But oh we were told about the war and what was happening between the Germans and whatnot . |
| 9 | We 've been losing sleep with worry since we were told about the arrests . |
| 10 | Staff were told about the job cuts last night . |
| 11 | They were told about the successes — and pitfalls — of recycling schemes in action , EEC legislation , and given an industry update . |
| 12 | Earlier , deputies were told of a breakthrough in the Black Sea Fleet conflict which had escalated tensions between Moscow and Kiev to dangerous levels . |
| 13 | And the good news was that we were told of a live album for release early next year that should capture the music more honestly than either of his two studio outings have managed to do so far . |
| 14 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 15 | Magistrates at Aylesbury were told of an incident last year involving horse called Max which was owned by Mr Hill and ridden by his wife Trelawny . |
| 16 | In order to prepare further for the forthcoming conference , the Commonwealth Prime Ministers were told of the US-UK discussions at their meeting in May 1944 . |
| 17 | In January 1953 the universities and the WEA were told of the Minister 's intention to cut grant-aid towards their adult education work by 10% for the educational year beginning the following August . |
| 18 | In the Victorian story , Eyes and No-Eyes , we were told of the difference between the characters . |
| 19 | ‘ The fund 's external investment advisers , Geoffrey Morley and Partners , have confirmed that although they were told of the scheme , they were not asked to give advice , contrary to a written assurance to a councillor by Reg Beard , the council treasurer , that they had been consulted . |
| 20 | Today , The Test And County Cricket Board 's disciplinary committee at Edgbaston were told of the events which lead to Stemp providing a positive sample during a match with Middlesex at Uxbridge in July . |
| 21 | It is understood that early this year both local gardai and Catholic Church officials were told of the allegations ; the health board became involved and the priest received counselling . |
| 22 | Regional organiser at the General and Municipal Boilermakers ' Union Derek Cattell said : ‘ The workforce were told of the closure by managing director Tony Jowett . |
| 23 | LONG before we started telling naive people to take what they were told with a pinch of salt , the Romans were issuing the same advice in the form of ‘ cum grano salis ’ , which was actually a mild pun . |
| 24 | We were told on the phone about her diabetes . |
| 25 | Management were told at the ritual claim submission in London that Ford workers at the 21 plants wanted to be the best paid in the motor industry . |
| 26 | If you stepped out of line , then look out , but you quickly learned to do as you were told at the greatest possible speed . |
| 27 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 28 | Shareholders were told at the Bournemouth-based group 's annual meeting yesterday that January reservations were 9.4 per cent up on last year 's and that this month , a 41-unit development was sold to a housing association . |
| 29 | THE right to roam should be enshrined in Swedish-style legislation , Scottish ramblers were told at the weekend . |
| 30 | There were no immediate changes , it went on from private enterprise , the changeover We were told at the time that we were just just to carry on the way we 'd been doing . |