Example sentences of "[adv] tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long and complex story is brilliantly told by a relay team of scholars assembled by the Antique Collectors ' Club for this handsomely produced and prodigally illustrated book . |
| 2 | He was only told of the burglary last night as he visited his sister , Anne Marie , in Hoddesdon , Herts . |
| 3 | Mrs Kemp and her solicitor were refused access to that meeting , and were only told of the outcome some time later . |
| 4 | He went into hospital the day before and was only told on the day of the operation it would not go ahead . |
| 5 | Jack Cunningham , MP , who was touring the site at the time , was not told of the incident . |
| 6 | In one study , the essence of secretions from a female 's armpit were smeared onto the upper lips of other females who , perhaps fortunately , were not told of the origin of the smears . |
| 7 | We are not told of the use or otherwise of anaesthetics , nor of any benefits flowing from such research . |
| 8 | At first , Hendry was not told of the mystery woman 's mission but was informed when he noticed the beefed-up security at his matches . |
| 9 | Again , her family were not told of the seriousness of the condition until a month later and just days defore she died . |
| 10 | The Daily Mail stressed that this failed to console the victim 's distraught family , friends and workmates , her MP or the probation service , who were also not told of the killer 's threat . |
| 11 | If you are not told of the risk that you run , you might be able to complain of an unfair dismissal if you are sacked following a recurrence of the same conduct . |
| 12 | The row deepened with revelations that the BBC board was not told of the tax arrangement and was not aware that the director-general job had not been advertised before Mr Birt was appointed . |
| 13 | One angry passenger claimed travellers were not told about the bomb warning . |
| 14 | Easily told from the swallow tribe by short tail and long curved wings , as well as by all dark plumage , apart from whitish throat , rather more obvious in juvenile which also has pale tips to wing feathers . |
| 15 | It is expected that adoption of each of these programmes will be delayed and this in turn will affect dates for calls for proposals , publicity events , etc , although we can not tell at the moment how long the delay will last and the consequences it may have . |
| 16 | She could not tell in the torchlight whether it was ink or blood . |
| 17 | There are two rooms at the front and two at the back on each floor , and although you could not tell from the outside , the first floor rooms are a foot higher than those below . |
| 18 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE ZOO |
| 19 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE DOCTOR 'S |
| 20 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE TABLE |
| 21 | Although cylinder manufacturers countered effectively for some decades , first with moulding techniques and later with finer grooves , the overwhelming simplicity of being able to press thousands of copies of disc records and play them on a simple machine eventually told in the disc 's favour . |
| 22 | Suppose your client insists on advertising his product on television when you believe his story could be more economically and effectively told in the press . |
| 23 | He repeats one he once told at an audition for a right-on theatre company . |
| 24 | When Sir Bryan Thwaites , chairman of Wessex Regional Health Authority , spoke out during an election about the impossibility of NHS funding keeping up with the expectations of patients and doctors , he was promptly told by the government to keep quiet . |
| 25 | Parliament was , however , peremptorily told by the King not to proceed with the matter , because the Company 's affairs were being dealt with by the Crown . |
| 26 | and did n't always tell at the time |
| 27 | ‘ This one sounds quite promising , but of course I must see him first — one ca n't always tell from the application , he added primly . |
| 28 | The conference was also told about an invention which could curb kidnapping and the illicit sale of Third World babies for adoption . |
| 29 | The police were also told about the yacht Ouvéa and its four-man French crew and on 15 July officers flew to Norfolk Island to interrogate them , although Maniguet had left the island for Australia that morning . |
| 30 | The central committee meeting was also told by the head of its history department , David Elazar , that ‘ Todor Zhivkov lied about his prominent role in the party 's history and wartime anti-fascist struggle ’ . |