Example sentences of "[coord] was tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My husband went to register him and was told of the tree offer . |
| 2 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 3 | In a moment of clarity , just before her eleven a.m. medication on Friday , a bewildered Elinor threatened to leave and was told by a nurse that this was not possible without the prior permission of the matron . |
| 4 | How generous he was to acknowledge his own defeat , when he asked one of his rivals -Parrhasius — to draw back the curtain and unveil the portrait underneath , and was told by the artist that the curtain itself was painted . |
| 5 | Thus when in 1304 Archbishop Corbridge of York admitted to a canonry a papal providee instead of a royal presentee , he was summoned for contempt and was told by the king 's judges that as the pope 's acts were not subject to the English courts , no one should prosecute anything at Rome or elsewhere to the detriment of crown rights and royal dignity . |
| 6 | Mr Gray said he first took up his complaint about missing mail in December 1990 and was told by the post office in Darlington that it would be given urgent attention . |
| 7 | I asked the College if they could help , but was told by the then-bursar : It is College policy not to help fellows with housing . |
| 8 | Is it not the case that the right hon. Gentleman 's delay in coming to the House to announce his decision is because , when he looked at the facts , he was minded to reject the application but was told by the puppet master sitting next to him that he had to make a political decision ? |