Example sentences of "we had been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things we had been told was to carry any valuables we had around with us so that they could n't go astray . |
| 2 | ‘ They say that it was a mistake that we had been told that the outbreak was due to Salmonella enteriditis , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Earlier we had been told that some ‘ lascivious ’ nudes were ‘ a sign of increasing decadence at the centre of an inflexible regime ’ , a phrase with some deeply troubling echoes of vocabulary . |
| 4 | We had been told to wear thin summer frocks , although it was November . |
| 5 | We had been told by travellers that the stretch of desert from Adrar to Reggane would be the worst part of my journey . |
| 6 | We had been told there was none on our route . |
| 7 | what instructions had been given to the architects as to the ground they were to cover ; how far Parliament would be bound by the decision of the Commission [ of Judges ] ; and how we were to guard ourselves against an expenditure which we had been told by high authority would amount to not much less than £5,000,000 or £6,000,000 … |
| 8 | In a disused limestone quarry we tackled one of these obstacles safely , once we had been told how to do it . |
| 9 | ‘ At least with the cancer , we had been told Thomas had a 50/50 chance , ’ says Beverley . |
| 10 | We had been told at the time he had been in trouble before . |
| 11 | We had been told that the loans system would deter people who might otherwise have gone into higher education because of the so-called financial hardship that they would face . |
| 12 | We had been told our King was ill and that morning we commended George VI to God 's loving care . |