Example sentences of "[conj] be told [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royal protection chief Commander Bob Marsh also dismissed the paper 's other claims that the Yard had received information from spy chiefs and been told by the Palace to reveal Di 's movements . |
| 2 | The authorities have been given a record £181 million for 1992/3 to develop Aids services and were told by the NHS management executive yesterday to increase supplies to surgeries . |
| 3 | ‘ My husband went to register him and was told of the tree offer . |
| 4 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 5 | A day or two later the policeman called and was told about the strange experiences . |
| 6 | Thus when in 1304 Archbishop Corbridge of York admitted to a canonry a papal providee instead of a royal presentee , he was summoned for contempt and was told by the king 's judges that as the pope 's acts were not subject to the English courts , no one should prosecute anything at Rome or elsewhere to the detriment of crown rights and royal dignity . |
| 7 | The outcome was that at the end of June 1960 a Cuban delegation in Moscow was warmly received by Khrushchev himself , and was told by the Soviet premier that ’ the Soviet Union has only to press a button in any part of the Soviet Union for rockets from that country to fall on any other part of the planet ’ . |
| 8 | How generous he was to acknowledge his own defeat , when he asked one of his rivals -Parrhasius — to draw back the curtain and unveil the portrait underneath , and was told by the artist that the curtain itself was painted . |
| 9 | Mr Gray said he first took up his complaint about missing mail in December 1990 and was told by the post office in Darlington that it would be given urgent attention . |
| 10 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 11 | Super Channel wanted to run it but were told by the I.T.C. they 'd be pulled off the air if they did . |
| 12 | I asked the College if they could help , but was told by the then-bursar : It is College policy not to help fellows with housing . |
| 13 | Is it not the case that the right hon. Gentleman 's delay in coming to the House to announce his decision is because , when he looked at the facts , he was minded to reject the application but was told by the puppet master sitting next to him that he had to make a political decision ? |