Example sentences of "[be] told of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been told of the event and sent back ‘ a really beautiful letter , ’ says John . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This girl had not of course been told of the scandal of the boss 's daughter , and she willingly went to the tall cabinet , found the card , read it to Alice who memorised it and ran out . |
| 5 | Miss C 's mother has never been told of the attack , because she was undergoing a series of operations at the time . |
| 6 | Three Mutawas had been told of the indignation from the foreign community and they stood with the armed guards at the entry of the delivery theatre to ensure that no sympathetic foreigner assisted the girl to escape . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Thackeray had been told of the death and of the anatomical examination after it was all over and he had spoken ‘ with warmth and sharpness ’ to Mr. Leech . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 13 | Many romantic tales are told of the king 's subsequent wanderings . |
| 14 | Conclusions arrived at from the interim report following Semester 1 interviews pointed to an apparent need ( indeed , a desire ) on the part of students for them to be told of the Enterprise Content in each module in advance and for a level of understanding about transferable skills to be attained by students upon their arrival at Napier . |
| 15 | ‘ Charter train operators must be told of the reprieve so they can approach BR about running trains this summer to test the water . |
| 16 | The ITN report said that unions would be told of the job losses today , when annual profits are published . |
| 17 | At the start of the following week , James Callaghan , then a young Parliamentary Secretary , was among a group of Ministers outside the Cabinet who were summoned to be told of the Cabinet 's decision . |
| 18 | The patient should be told of the mode of address used in that particular hospital for professional staff . |
| 19 | 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. |
| 20 | In January 1953 the universities and the WEA were told of the Minister 's intention to cut grant-aid towards their adult education work by 10% for the educational year beginning the following August . |
| 21 | ‘ The fund 's external investment advisers , Geoffrey Morley and Partners , have confirmed that although they were told of the scheme , they were not asked to give advice , contrary to a written assurance to a councillor by Reg Beard , the council treasurer , that they had been consulted . |
| 22 | Regional organiser at the General and Municipal Boilermakers ' Union Derek Cattell said : ‘ The workforce were told of the closure by managing director Tony Jowett . |
| 23 | In the Victorian story , Eyes and No-Eyes , we were told of the difference between the characters . |
| 24 | This time my reaction to the knowledge that in all probability cancer was back with me and that I had a dreaded secondary was quite different from my reaction on first being told of the disease six months earlier . |
| 25 | Sgt Newman 's father , Eric , 58 , suffered a mild angina attack after being told of the shooting , and was being cared for by a neighbour last night . |
| 26 | In the Board 's view it is not open to the plaintiff on these pleadings to allege that Mr. Brant would have agreed to the plaintiff being told of the offer for Vertigo . |
| 27 | Her oil worker husband , Les , flew home after being told of the tragedy … on his 40th birthday . |
| 28 | An interim order ( and thus its freezing effect ) lasts until 28 days after the court is told of the report of the creditors ' meeting referred to below . |
| 29 | I was told of the story by a friend who knew the old platelayer who we shall call Fred . |
| 30 | In Mordauntt v. British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd. ( 1910 K.B. ) the seller was told of the sub-sale by the buyer only after it had been made . |