Example sentences of "[been] tell of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when , after Poindexter 's first day of testimony , the story-line reached its conclusion — no , the president had not been told of the diversion of funds to the contras — viewers fell away . |
| 2 | Miss C 's mother has never been told of the attack , because she was undergoing a series of operations at the time . |
| 3 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 4 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 5 | Three Mutawas had been told of the indignation from the foreign community and they stood with the armed guards at the entry of the delivery theatre to ensure that no sympathetic foreigner assisted the girl to escape . |
| 6 | He had known of the death of Oleg Demyonov , he had been told of the Soviet retaliation , he had been informed of the visit by the Consul to Lefortovo gaol . |
| 7 | Thackeray had been told of the death and of the anatomical examination after it was all over and he had spoken ‘ with warmth and sharpness ’ to Mr. Leech . |
| 8 | This girl had not of course been told of the scandal of the boss 's daughter , and she willingly went to the tall cabinet , found the card , read it to Alice who memorised it and ran out . |
| 9 | One more thing , if I may , we 've just been told of the government 's first response to the consultation arrangements , sorry , wrong wrong item , it 's all right . |
| 10 | She had been told of the event and sent back ‘ a really beautiful letter , ’ says John . |
| 11 | Mr Maclean was answering an emergency question from the area 's MP , John Cunningham ( Lab , Copeland ) , who had visited Sellafield on Thursday and Friday but complained he had not been told of the leak . |
| 12 | The district controller of the Portland Coastguard , Donald McDonald , said he had not been told of the trip by the canoeing group but that the sea conditions were ‘ quite favourable ’ and should not have caused any problems . |
| 13 | Eventually a senior official arrived for talks with the police , somewhat annoyed that he had n't been told of the attempt to list the building . |
| 14 | An RAF crew have been telling of the dangers they faced from stray mortar fire and bullets , as they delivered aid to the beleagured city of Sarajevo . |