Example sentences of "[adv] be told [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coonts , whose experiences include flying A-6 Intruders from the carrier USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War , relates this aerial odyssey across America as it can only be told from the cockpit ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | President F.W. de Klerk 's chief negotiator at the talks on South Africa 's new constitution had not been told about the pre-dawn raids . |
| 6 | Ghislain Pascal of Survival International says the Amerindians who live in the area have not been told about the logging plans and deplores the fact that " Samling — which has devastated the lands of the Dayak peoples in Sarawak — should ever be able to negotiate a deal without social and environmental impact assessment being carried out . " |
| 7 | The first is virtually impossible in the UK because of government legislation , and there are relatively few teachers with a native knowledge of BSL who have not been told in the past that it is an impoverished way of communicating . |
| 8 | The forty workers there have just been told about the deficit in the Torvale Group pension fund : |
| 9 | But like all the other previous employees , he 's only just been told about the loan : |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Half an hour later Julia agreed the police should not be told about the number plate until Tuesday . |
| 12 | Rugby has survived all these years as a good robust contact sport , and as we are always being told by the medical profession that modern youth is bigger , stronger and fitter than children of previous generations , why ca n't we play rugby as it is supposed to be played rather than a genteel non-contact pass ball ? |
| 13 | The suspect must also be told of the ground of arrest at the time or as soon as is practicable thereafter ( s.28(3) and D.P.P. |
| 14 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |
| 15 | I , I ca n't understand the secretariat allowing this to come out were told by the president that it was not possible to use this money unless it was grant related . |
| 16 | But , we , we really need to er , put the cart before the horse , or the horse before the cart as you may say , I mean , we are now being told by the leader of the Conservative group , that er , we 're going to , we , we should be supporting the idea of amateur parish constables . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | No , she has n't been told by the hospital . |
| 19 | In 1975 , for instance , journalists arriving in Beirut would invariably be told by the Lebanese of the halcyon days which had just ended , of the peaceful Phoenician land in which Christians and Muslims had shown the world that historically religious antagonists could live in peace . |
| 20 | Well , I 'm sorry , if I was in my workplace I would n't be happy representing a member and then be told by the employer , I 'm not required to tell you why you 've lost your appeal and I do n't think this is something we should do within our own organization on our own members . |
| 21 | The American base of RAF Mildenhall has not yet been told by the Pentagon that it can spend the necessary cash on the show , which last year attracted 406,000 people . |
| 22 | Mrs Godwin 's husband Tim was feeding the couple 's twenty three month old baby when was told of the murders . |
| 23 | Miss C 's mother has never been told of the attack , because she was undergoing a series of operations at the time . |
| 24 | they did n't even know how to put the clip onto the microphone , they were sitting holding the microphones instead of slinging it round their neck , and they 've never been told about the equipment , so they need n't |