Example sentences of "when told [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when told of the embassy 's closure , few seemed alarmed : ‘ Well , they ca n't just leave us here , and we 're not going back , so they 'll have to do something , ’ said one . |
| 2 | When told of the forthcoming marriage between Lydia and Tobias , Jonadab expressed his amazement . |
| 3 | Council leader , Coun John Williams ( Lab ) , when told of the plans by The Northern Echo said : ‘ I will need to find out much more about this before we can decide we can support it or not . ’ |
| 4 | Coleridge fainted when told at a reception in Malta , and tried to get leave to return . |
| 5 | He had laughed when told about the ‘ devil group with lots of surplus young girls hanging around ’ . |
| 6 | When told about the consequences of excessive drinking , their attitude may be to welcome death as a more permanent solution to their problems . |
| 7 | Imagine my poor Aunt 's reaction when told by a shocked neighbour that her eldest daughter was walking out with a Chinaman . |
| 8 | Thomas Cromwell expressed pleasure when told by the Lord Chief Justice in 1531 that proclamations were ‘ of as good effect as any law made by Parliament or otherwise ’ . |