Example sentences of "[vb -s] be told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The car is at the garage now and Elton has been told the damage can be repaired and the car will be back on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 2 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 3 | TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen . |
| 4 | A woman who has shivered through two winters and still faced large gas bills has been told the wrong meter was being read . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Ken Thwaites , who remembers being told the news in the asssembly hall at Normanby Primary School , recalls : ‘ The sad and important words were recognised , but what worried me more was would ‘ Boro 's FA Cup tie with Doncaster Rovers due that afternoon at Ayresome Park be postponed ? |
| 7 | Only then , from that , does he infer that there really is honey ; and this is what really distinguishes being told the truth from finding it out in other ways . |
| 8 | In short , it 's not the use of language that distinguishes being told the truth from other ways of finding it out : it 's the fact that when we tell people the truth , we do so by getting them to believe what we believe . |
| 9 | He 's willing to risk it , and he 's been told the risk . ’ |