Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [that] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have never been able to understand why anyone would want to wake up at the dead of night ( 5 a.m. ) to go and paddle a canoe , but I am assured that the challenge is worth it . |
| 2 | I am informed that the Clarion Cry is the thing to read if one wishes to be in the know . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am informed that the Girobank is not in a position to take a decision about full ownership of the company . ’ |
| 4 | I am informed that the contract originally made between our organisation and one Anya the Apostate for demonic occupation and torment of the souls of thirty-three Gittels is now null and void . |
| 5 | Going to Maplins shop in Bristol to purchase components to build the Audio Telescope in your April issue I am informed that the Electret insert mic. is not available , a discontinued item . |
| 6 | I am advised that the press says that they are but that in practice they are not . |
| 7 | I am advised that the amendment means that the debate today is confined to the terms of the amendment , which relates to the local council tax . |
| 8 | I am told that the Under-Secretary of State gave an undertaking in the House of Commons that steps would be taken to warn claimants about the possible loss of benefits . |
| 9 | ‘ If I am told that the economy is much worse than the Government has said … there 's something wrong with the way things are run in this country . |
| 10 | I am told that the authority is not answering the telephone and that is not good enough . |
| 11 | As a devotee of Alsace ( the villages may be chocolate-boxy but the food is wonderful and the hotels unbelievably cheap ) , I am encouraged that the wines are finally gaining due recognition . |
| 12 | I am saddened that the article uses the spurious connection between dialect and poverty as a means of attacking English teaching in this country . |
| 13 | AND , ALTHOUGH I 'M FLATTERED THAT THE SUN IS TIPPING ME TO REPLACE CHRIS PATTEN AT CONSERVATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE , I MUST N'T FORGET WHY I ORIGINALLY DECIDED TO BACK THE TORIES IN THIS ELECTION … |
| 14 | I 'm told that the work also occurs in the local exter dialect of the planet Milifinil-il , where it means ’ there is a smear of faeces below your fourth ventricle ’ . |
| 15 | I 'm told that the television is on most of the time in my house — the police can detect it — and I want to say something to Liam , if he 's watching . ’ |
| 16 | Right , now I 'm told that the report to next policy committee is coming anyway , it wo n't be ready for the next budget review , but you 'd like , erm , so , cou , perhaps you 'd better word your motion so that the officers completely clear as to what you 're proposing . |
| 17 | Well , if the weather stays fine you 'll find plenty of nice walks , and I 'm told that the house at Otters ' Bay is comfortable enough these days . |
| 18 | I 'm , I 'm under pressure for two decisions , Paul is here to speak to his paper and has to be in Sandwell at two o'clock , and I 'm told that the canteen closes at one thirty . |
| 19 | I 'm advised that the Chairman can call the reserve , the speaker who reserved his remarks at any time . |
| 20 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |
| 21 | I was reassured that the nonsense would stop , and that people would use the bikes merely to get to the base of mountains , where the walk in was prohibitive of completing the hill in a day without some means of transport . |
| 22 | I was assured that the lad did n't mind , he liked it and , ‘ we 're going to get him again next week ! ’ |
| 23 | One reading of Dr. Alex Forbes ' , Cancer and its Non-toxic Treatment , coupled with Ute Brookman 's The Diet , both Bristol Cancer Help Centre publications , and I was persuaded that the purposes of the diet were absolutely reasonable . |
| 24 | When I telephoned Risley , I was told that the prisoner had been returned to Winson Green . |
| 25 | In a telephone conversation yesterday with Linton of the Broxburn office I was told that the work being carried out by volunteers from ‘ Spokes ’ was to cease forthwith . |
| 26 | I was told that the incidence of re-offending was very low but I was not given any actual figures in support of this . |
| 27 | I was told that the tenants would also make more profit from guest beers . |
| 28 | When I returned to Trebizond , I was told that the authorities at Rizé were exceeding their rights in allowing me to proceed . |
| 29 | I was told that the money that was threatened for housing associations which was an important element in structure , the government has in fact included it in the forthcoming budget , so that is encouraging , that aspect of it . |
| 30 | Speaking after the meeting to someone who did attend it , I was told that the arkies ' interference with the rally last year comprised bluff and empty threats ! |