Example sentences of "be told [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , we do n't know till we 're told do we ? |
| 2 | Governments have issued ordinances and decrees ; they have announced plans and established missions ; Parliament has voted laws , sometimes heavily amending bills laid before them by ministers ; ministers have been told to revise their draft-bill by the President ; the Constitutional Council has refused to accept all the terms of laws voted by Parliament . |
| 3 | Following numerous complaints the Vicar of Woodford has been told to put his house in order . |
| 4 | Betty 's other criticism of the scheme is that she has been told to use it for individualised learning and she does not believe that the children learn properly this way . |
| 5 | Dolan , in the meantime , has been told to give it a rest otherwise the upcoming European tour will have to be called off . |
| 6 | Perhaps , I only say perhaps , I promise nothing , ’ he said , throwing his purse carelessly from one hand to another , ‘ perhaps I have been told to give you a present when you lose your apprentice . ’ |
| 7 | But to Sophie 's intense mortification it was Dawn who arrived and said calmly , ‘ Robert has been called out to a difficult calving case and I 've been told to give you his apologies . |
| 8 | ‘ He had been told to stop me winning at Ascot . |
| 9 | Puddephat , 37 , has been told to watch his step after the girl , a 19-year-old first-year student at the college where he teaches , committed suicide . |
| 10 | Telefonica de Espana SA now says it will fight the court ruling ordering it to sell one or other of its holdings in Chile 's two main telecommunications companies — and appeal to international law if necessary : Telefonica has 43.6% in Compania de Telefonos de Chile SA and 20% of Entel Chile SA , and has been told to sell one within 18 months . |
| 11 | The commission has been told to report its findings by the end of February . |
| 12 | A sergeant appears from what a plate beside the door indicates is the dentist 's and I go up to him and tell him my name and that I 've been told to report my movements by Detective Inspector McDunn . |
| 13 | She was n't a relation but she had been told to call her Aunt Violet . |
| 14 | I 've just been told to move you , which is what I 'm doing . |
| 15 | — HEROL Graham , outpointed by European champion Sumbu Kalambay in Italy last week , has been told to defend his British title against Bradford 's Frank Grant . |
| 16 | Gloucestershire county council has been told to cut its budget by ten million pounds and is one of only three councils in the country to be capped . |
| 17 | If he 'd been told to find her , he 'd wait . |
| 18 | We 've , we 've just been told to write it about either kidnapping or erm about the thing that I told you |
| 19 | An hour later they arrived at Lausanne station where the stationmaster had been told to expect them . |
| 20 | had been asked for his advice , had recommended someone , and been told to approach him . |
| 21 | Our heart pumps faster , and we take a firm grip on the large , green-and-white golf umbrella by which Denice has been told to recognize us . |
| 22 | Rory , who had been told to trust him by his father , never pressed him . |
| 23 | Bill 's been told to enter his horses in several races abroad , with you riding . ’ |
| 24 | Then , suddenly , just as Joanna was nodding a dubious assent , the full force of what she had been told hit her like a thunderbolt . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's almost as if they 've been told to keep their distance . ’ |
| 26 | Although workers had already been told to keep themselves and their families indoors , no warning was given to people in nearby villages . |
| 27 | Falconer said : ‘ I have been told to keep myself fit . |
| 28 | Falconer said : ‘ I have been told to keep myself fit . |
| 29 | One day a boy who had been told to wash his hands said , ‘ Shanti 's lucky . |
| 30 | ‘ Is that what you 've been told to tell me , or is it the truth ? ’ |