Example sentences of "[was/were] told [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were woken up at 5.30 am , and Alex and I were told to go over to the kitchens to fetch the breakfast . |
| 2 | After a fortnight we were told to go down to the airfield for a possible lift into Assam , but often refugees went in the morning but were back in the evening as the planes were so busy taking out wounded soldiers . |
| 3 | They were told to go off and play . |
| 4 | Drivers of the test cars were told to drive around a small town and tap a pedal each time they spotted a ‘ problem ’ signal . |
| 5 | We finished our shift at 8 and he was going at 9 , but at 8 , instead of the usual people who came to take over from us , the managing director of the company and his next-door neighbour came in their golfing clothes to pick up whatever tip was being given and we were told to push off . |
| 6 | They were told to lie down , face first in the damp grass . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they were told to point out to the mother that LGS would not reduce the output of stool from the sick child , but was meant to prevent the dehydration associated with the diarrhoea . |
| 8 | When George Bush and others rang up with congratulations , they were told to call back later . |
| 9 | They were told to bog off . |
| 10 | On 16th December 1991 , the building societies and bank bosses were called in by the Government for an emergency briefing and were told to come back in two days with solutions . |
| 11 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
| 12 | Rolande and Ydrys were told to strike up a circle-dance . |
| 13 | A second controlled explosion was carried out at 10.55pm and people were told to stay up to a mile away from the scene . |
| 14 | If policies had been misconceived , or even unpopular , it was the Party 's press and public relations advisers who were told to pull up their socks . |
| 15 | He was told to toughen up ! |
| 16 | When new ones were completed , the seamstress was told to take out all used dress shields from the old costumes and stitch them into those due to be taken abroad . |
| 17 | He was told to go up to Cambridge , despite a shortfall of £60 in his funds , and that his college would do its utmost to ensure that he could carry on with his studies . |
| 18 | Mr Clinton 's February budget foreshadowed $16.4 billion of unspecified savings over five years , and the Treasury department was told to go off and find them . |
| 19 | I was told to go off to work . |
| 20 | The nearest I 've come to being arrested in the line of duty was when I was told to go out onto the streets , microphone in hand , and smile at people . |
| 21 | That was told to go out . |
| 22 | I was told to sit down and not move . |
| 23 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 24 | The activities Kim was told to engage in were pre-selected by her mother from a range of things that Kim could do over a period of 10 minutes or so . |
| 25 | She always had to stay alone on weekday afternoons , and whenever she was told to shut up , she had to shut up . |
| 26 | Maisie Williams was thrilled when she was told to turn up the following week : |
| 27 | But the funding fell through , and she was told to give up the project . |
| 28 | After about an inch I was told to switch off while he checked the angle and depth of cut . |
| 29 | That leaves many at the mercy of landlords in a tough market … like this young woman who was told to get out after falling one week behind with her rent . |
| 30 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |