Example sentences of "[be] tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're told the brochure undersells ; but we like delivering holidays which are better than expected . |
| 2 | We know the details and the w they 're told the facts when we report it and then they 're given a summons . |
| 3 | We 're told the weather is going to get better by tomorrow , so that 's what we 're hoping . |
| 4 | No , we 're telling the government , we 're telling them they 've got it wrong excuse me . |
| 5 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 6 | ‘ How do we know you 're telling the truth ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How do I know you 're telling the truth ? |
| 8 | ‘ You 're telling the truth , and you want to do what 's right . ’ |
| 9 | If you 're telling the truth , Peter , you can be back here in no time . |
| 10 | I 'm sure anyone looking at you now would be convinced that we 're telling the truth . |
| 11 | ‘ I wonder if you 're telling the truth . |
| 12 | I am told the sky was brilliant and alive with red and green and white flares . |
| 13 | Julie Burchill turns to thriller writing with No Exit ( Mandarin ) ; I am told the sex is there but nowhere near as over the top as in Ambition , but I have n't read it . |
| 14 | I am told the guardian ad litem needs approximately 14 days to prepare an up to date report , which I will order to be prepared . |
| 15 | Now that I have also fitted 750 x 16 SAT tyres the vehicle is very sluggish , I am told the solution would be to change the diffs , but to which ones ? |
| 16 | ‘ I have been told the forms are private and confidential , but by the time you finish filling them in , your whole life is there for someone to see . ’ |
| 17 | At no point had any of us been told the procedure that would lead to us being selected to start our basic training . |
| 18 | The problem is compounded by the fact that we have not been told the prices realised by the sale of the NBC 's subsidiary companies . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been told the players pray five times a day — even if it means interrupting training ! |
| 20 | Coun Williams added officers had contacted the African National Congress ' London office for guidance and had been told the organisation would not welcome trade with the country while sanctions are still in place . |
| 21 | ‘ The car is at the garage now and Elton has been told the damage can be repaired and the car will be back on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 22 | The military report claimed that when Georgian authorities protested to the Russian army headquarters in Gudauta , they had been told the attack had been to avenge shelling on Saturday of a Russian army unit . |
| 23 | His son , Li Yuan , had seen it all five years before , in those first few days after he had been told the secret of their world — the Great Lie upon which everything was built . |
| 24 | Businessman John Foy and his wife Sally have been told the Pounds 250,000 house must go because it flouts planning regulations . |
| 25 | It was , however , reported by his personal staff that he did manage a smirk when he had been told the story of how his arch rival and competitor had been conned by his countrymen on a flag-flying visit to the auld counthrie . |
| 26 | For years we 've been told the Government is pledged to reach the UN aid target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 27 | er sent us a photograph after the war was over , but since then , since we 've tried to find him , we 've been told the man 's never existed at all . |
| 28 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 29 | In fact the ack-ack unit , who thought , or hoped , they might be protecting the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret , in residence at Windsor Castle , almost missed the fun entirely , having been told the raid would be at 2 a.m . |
| 30 | Mr MacArthur said : ‘ The pilot said he had been told the weather was bad on Mull and that he might fly on to Tiree . |