Example sentences of "told [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The operation revealed the extent of the cancer , but nevertheless Jack was told mat his father might live for ‘ a few more years ’ . |
| 2 | I was told to enjoy my life on the dole and they slammed the phone down . ’ |
| 3 | Meanwhile , drivers whose cars are ruined by bumps and potholes on roads are being told to sue their County Council for damages . |
| 4 | I was told to promise them wheat as well . |
| 5 | Quite likely , within a year or two , it will be told to increase its share . |
| 6 | MCI Communications Corp , the Washington-based phone company , won two contracts worth $30m all told to provide its Vnet voice service and HyperStream Frame Relay data service to the US Congress . |
| 7 | Start from the point of view that , when we were children , we were told to drink our milk , it 's good for you . |
| 8 | HOT HEAD AFTER his foul-mouthed outbursts Mark Ramprakash could be told to let his bat do the talking |
| 9 | So Demosthenes ( Thuc. iv.2.4 : this man is a fifth-century soldier , not the famous fourth-century politician ) is explicitly told to use his fleet round the Peloponnese ‘ as he thought fit ’ ; he took Pylos with it ( p. 132 ) , an act which Thucydides implies was more extempore than it really was , but which was nevertheless not something specifically authorized by the Assembly . |
| 10 | I was told to shut my mouth or there would be serious repercussions . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I was told to shut my mouth . |
| 12 | If in Answering machine mode , your caller will receive a recorded message and be told to leave his message ‘ after the tone ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ He was told to leave his weapon behind and to walk out his hands clearly visible in the air . ’ |
| 14 | If they were grubby , you were told to put your hand out and you had a cut with cane , a punishment which was then meted out to the other hand , followed by the order — ‘ Go and wash ’ . |
| 15 | Following numerous complaints the Vicar of Woodford has been told to put his house in order . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's almost as if they 've been told to keep their distance . ’ |
| 17 | Jolosa , who broke a rival player 's jaw , was told to model his play on the England striker . |
| 18 | A fire broke out minutes after take-off ; the pilot reportedly called the control tower at Jeddah airport and was told to dump his fuel and return , but the plane crashed a kilometre from the runway and burst into flames . |
| 19 | Feasting on Air : a young woman is told to hold her tongue , or better still , bite it off . |
| 20 | Governments have issued ordinances and decrees ; they have announced plans and established missions ; Parliament has voted laws , sometimes heavily amending bills laid before them by ministers ; ministers have been told to revise their draft-bill by the President ; the Constitutional Council has refused to accept all the terms of laws voted by Parliament . |
| 21 | The couple 's two children Scott , two , and Kayla , one , are now being told to call their dad Aunty Jilly . |
| 22 | Puddephat , 37 , has been told to watch his step after the girl , a 19-year-old first-year student at the college where he teaches , committed suicide . |
| 23 | Along the route he was stopped by a dwarf and led into the mountain , where he was told to empty his grain sacks and fill them with gold . |
| 24 | If the client is unsure about the extent of their cover , they must be told to check their insurance policies . |
| 25 | He was told to have his hair cut or leave his job at Safeway . |
| 26 | We are told to treasure our health and to eat nourishing foods . |
| 27 | About eight o'clock on the eighth day I was told to pack my stuff up , because at seven o'clock the next morning I was going to Styal . |
| 28 | The next day I was told to pack my stuff up because I was going on the other side [ to another wing ] . |
| 29 | Among them , Cadw would be told to complete its survey in three years . |
| 30 | VALENZUELA was told to burn their ID cards , wallets and spectacles . |