Example sentences of "was told [that] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was told that the government department , with general responsibility for arts policy , has no means of helping him to reclaim the bronzes from the Ariadne Galleries in New York . |
| 2 | An earlier court hearing was told that the woman awoke one morning to be confronted by McKenzie , who was naked apart from a pair of underpants on his head . |
| 3 | On asking the reason for such an assembly , Yakovlev was told that the local priest had refused to marry any couples unless the community attended services . |
| 4 | He said yesterday : ‘ I was told that the buying-out of political prisoners by West Germany and the spy swaps were immoral and against the law . ’ |
| 5 | He said yesterday : ‘ I was told that the buying-out of political prisoners by West Germany and the spy swaps were immoral and against the law . ’ |
| 6 | The wife was told that the only asset available to her was the matrimonial home and she agreed to take a lump sum of £12,600 with £2,473 maintenance for the two children . |
| 7 | Some , however , refused to be impressed : in 1858 , when his fame was just beginning , a lady known to history only as Miss Marsh , and someone who occupied herself in converting Irish navvies , was told that the man in the railway carriage she was about to enter was Mr Spurgeon . |
| 8 | Mr Douglas Hurd , Foreign Secretary , telephoned the head of the two-man British Interests Section in Tripoli , Mr Allen Brown , yesterday and was told that the British community was calm . |
| 9 | Stirling was told that the army was about to launch an attack and that the destruction of aircraft on the forward landing fields was vital . |
| 10 | He explained his predicament to the librarian but was told that the book was due to be pulped and it did not matter that he was the author . |
| 11 | Rose 's family was told that the operation was a matter of life-and-death , so they gave the surgeons permission , even though they were also warned that the operation could result in further bleeding and disability . |
| 12 | On 6 February 1981 he was told that the letter would not be withdrawn . |
| 13 | When 1 commented to the hosts of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee ( under whose auspices 1 went ) on the use of steel for guarding the rings , I was told that the full , true installation ( ’ green field ’ ) cost would have been near to £50 million . |
| 14 | The hearing , which is now 12 weeks old , was told that the fitting out of Britain 's first civil PWR could generate 6000 manufacturing jobs . |
| 15 | I was told that the ring was valued at approximately £100 . |
| 16 | When James was told that the French navy had beaten the English he commented patriotically , ‘ It is the first time then , ’ while William , as a face-saver , created Herbert first Earl of Torrington . |
| 17 | I was told that the outcome of the election would have no effect on either the funding or the speed with which a bed could be found , and that even if a Labour government dismantled the existing system there would be no adverse consequences for my sister . |
| 18 | On 4 July Mrs Kemp was told that the hearing would take place on 11 July . |
| 19 | In relation to the adornments quoted by Bradshaw , Professor Elkin , one of the foremost researchers into Aboriginal culture , was told that the name for these was ‘ taramala ’ . |
| 20 | Kensington Palace contacted the producers to obtain an advance copy for the princess , but was told that the video tape , with the extra material , was already available in High Street , Kensington . |
| 21 | The Palace was told that the only way to guarantee protection of her broadcast in future was to make it part of the Official Secrets Act and bring it under Government control . |
| 22 | The duchess flew into a rage when she was told that the Queen had person ally ruled that she and children Beatrice and Eugenie should stay at Wood Farm on the edge of salt marshes in the village of Wolferton , Norfolk . |
| 23 | At the meeting , she was told that the store had coped without her during her maternity leave and to cut costs she was now being made redundant . |
| 24 | When director Elliot Silverstein was told that the role of Kid Shelleen in his up-and-coming comedy western Cat Ballou was to be offered to Kirk Douglas , the director turned a whiter shade of pale . |
| 25 | Flying and owning a rare World War Two aircraft is a serious business , although the funny side of life does occasionally come to light , as Lindsey related to FlyPast : ‘ I was preparing to fly to an airshow , when I was told that the fuel bowser at Duxford had somehow got water in it , rendering the fuel useless . |
| 26 | Carlisle Crown Court was told that the fighter ace — who was shot down over Italy — was spotted by police while driving to see a sick friend . |
| 27 | He was told that the fear must be cauterised , that the defections must be stopped . |
| 28 | He was told that the liaison procedures were being sorted out . |
| 29 | General MacArthur was told that the Japanese character for YEN also means ‘ circle ’ . |
| 30 | I was told that the incidence of re-offending was very low but I was not given any actual figures in support of this . |