Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] told [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 2 | A woman who has shivered through two winters and still faced large gas bills has been told the wrong meter was being read . |
| 3 | Spaniards have been told the time of sacrifice is over ; now come the years of effort — an effort to make Spain fit to enter European monetary and economic union in 1997 . |
| 4 | Jail chiefs have been told a prisoner snatched the keys from a warder who fell asleep on duty . |
| 5 | Businessman John Foy and his wife Sally have been told the Pounds 250,000 house must go because it flouts planning regulations . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | The family has been told a rabbit would be allowed on the head stone of the infant in the parish church . |