Example sentences of "[was/were] tell a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't falter and they were told a European holiday was theirs . |
| 2 | Er , Jim , Birmingham , West er , Midlands er , supporting er , the sectionalization of the union because erm , we were told a few months ago it was passed for nineteen ninety one . |
| 3 | I do n't think I was told a great deal about the facts of life . |
| 4 | I was told a hundred and one pound fifty two would be to keep my two children , my ex-wife , her husband and their child , by a Social Security expert . |
| 5 | Although his voice rides the airwaves as fresh as it ever did , he admits that physically he is past his prime : arthritis brings him recurring pain in his legs although he has already lived 18 months longer than he was told a 60-a-day smoking habit would allow . |
| 6 | After thinking about it , Cameron replied , ‘ James , I was told a good thing once , by the sawyer at Bunarkaig . |
| 7 | The committee was told a similar event in Stockton had been a great success . |
| 8 | This year the big attraction at Christie 's summer party was the Badminton Bureau , a truly magnificent piece of furniture for which I was told a special place was built at Badminton House . |
| 9 | Daffodil with enthusiasm was telling a cool Bambi that she should try some face cream or other that helped with wrinkles . |
| 10 | Sheridan Lorrimore was telling a long-suffering good-natured couple all about his prowess at ice hockey and Xanthe , pouting and put out at having been temporarily deserted by Mrs Young , had ended up next to Giles-the-murderer whose real-life preference , I 'd gathered , was for boys . |
| 11 | He was not , so far as we can tell , putting forward the idea as a serious theory : his purpose was to tell a good story . |