Example sentences of "[was/were] tell they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients were told they would just have to live with the birthmarks . |
| 2 | Disappointment turned to disbelief among the 18,000 crowd packed into Edgbaston when they were told they would not get a refund . |
| 3 | In the most draconian punishment ever handed out to Scottish internationalists , Billy Bremner , Joe Harper , Pat McCluskey , Willie Young and Arthur Graham were told they would never play for their country again . |
| 4 | But this soon coincided with a clampdown on public expenditure and councils were told they could n't spend as much as they wanted on housing . |
| 5 | And then a fortnight before the end of the , the summer holidays they were told they could n't have the dining hall because the day after the Freemasons were having their |
| 6 | She complained to the police and the NSPCC but was told they could not act as there was no visible bruising on the boy . |