Example sentences of "[was/were] tell at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many of us , 1 wonder , were told at school to ‘ stop daydreaming ’ . |
| 2 | A SNEAK thief snatched a handbag while the owner was in a public toilet cubicle , magistrates were told at Warrington yesterday . |
| 3 | We was told at school not to do that . |
| 4 | Dossy 's earliest ambitions were to be a writer after he was told at school that he had literary talent . |
| 5 | The story of Mr Lock 's mind-bending trip was told at Bristol Family and Youth Court yesterday , when the 16-year-old girl , who can not be named , denied unlawfully administering a poison alleged to be LSD with intent to injure , aggrieve or annoy on May 13 . |
| 6 | ‘ Buckmaster — after due consultation with the PM I was told at Downing Street to issue a discreet alert . ’ |