Example sentences of "[conj] you [verb] been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you had found that you had been told to find . |
| 2 | As Lord Devlin has explained : " … you can not escape liability for defamation by putting the libel behind a prefix such as " I have been told that … " " or " it is rumoured that … " " , and then asserting that it was true that you had been told or that it was in fact being rumoured … |
| 3 | Of the four songs on offer , ‘ Cold Inferno ’ just about has the edge with Rob 's intimidating vocal snarling the ‘ Question all that you 've been told ’ refrain . |
| 4 | Of the four songs on offer , ‘ Cold Inferno ’ just about has the edge with Rob 's intimidating vocal snarling the ‘ Question all that you 've been told ’ refrain . |
| 5 | We talk about ‘ god ’ sometimes here at home , and you have been told at school to sing hymns and say prayers to ‘ god ’ , and you hear ‘ god ’ spoken about on the radio and television , also your friends talk and argue about ‘ god ’ , but nobody at all will tell you who or what ‘ god ’ really is , and this is because ‘ god ’ is only imaginary just as fairies are . |
| 6 | Do not buy any materials until you have been told you can have a grant by the council , and once you have , keep any receipts . |
| 7 | Unpleasant symptoms are a lot easier to cope with if you know you have Whatsisname 's Syndrome than if you 've been told that it 's ‘ all in your mind ’ . |
| 8 | It 's for the people who are n't happy with the weight they 're at , or if it 's unhealthy — if it 's endangering your health and you have to do something about it ; if you 've been told by your doctor to lose weight . |
| 9 | If you have been told to aim for a very precise figure , or have been following conventional height-to-weight charts , then you are almost definitely trying for an unrealistic weight . |
| 10 | It does n't matter , I mean , where or whom you 've been told by , as long as you 've been told you can take precautions later in life from sexual diseases and and getting yourself pregnant . |
| 11 | As you have been told , he kept a herd of cows , and also a bull . |