Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go on and on , I 'd been told . |
| 2 | Murder was habit-forming , so I 'd been told . |
| 3 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 4 | But what should I do now that I 'd been told about Belinda 's feelings ? |
| 5 | I 'd been told a lot of stories |
| 6 | I wondered what she was doing , whether she was the eyeful I 'd been told , and whether she 'd appreciate a neighbourly call at two a.m . |
| 7 | I wish I 'd been told early on what I looked like and what I was doing to my body . |
| 8 | Nobody wanted to be cruel enough to hurt me because they thought I was so vulnerable at that time and I really wish I 'd been told that I looked disgusting ! |
| 9 | I went through a period of depression erm I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told that I was suffering from various illnesses , but nothing helped . |
| 10 | But all the time I 'd been attending the doctor I 'd been told , first of all it was gall stones |
| 11 | People with cats live longer , I 'd been told . |
| 12 | I 'd been told the baby was semi-posterior so I knew I had to turn her into a more comfortable position for birth . |
| 13 | The actual experience was n't frightening me so much as what I 'd been told . |
| 14 | Er , I 'd been told er that he 'd been in prison with Mr er I believe it was in nineteen eighty six and I 'd also been told that in the past er and er had planned armed robberies together . |
| 15 | Well no before that , I mean I 'd been told before all this Pete business yesterday night , I was told Elliot fancied me and that was true you know ? |
| 16 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 17 | In fact , the day before the I Love Lucy St Patrick 's Day , she 'd been told of a good job with the British Council in the Gilbert Islands . |
| 18 | Ari sat across from the man she 'd been told was her father , appraising him with a critical eye . |
| 19 | She 'd been told it was malignant and now , in a few minutes , a surgeon would remove it . |
| 20 | Topaz Chilcott would give her a sly looks She 'd been told by Tipper , who would n't leave the subject alone , that all tinkers were sly . |
| 21 | There had been ‘ complications ’ and she 'd been told she could n't have children . |
| 22 | She feared often that it might not fill the House , but it was true and strong and she 'd been told it was pleasing . |
| 23 | Every now and again — or so she 'd been told — the owners would call in the books . |
| 24 | She pulled herself together with an effort , trying to remember what she 'd been told about wine-tasting , holding the glass carefully by the stem , and sniffing delicately . |
| 25 | After all , she now knew beyond reasonable doubt who her father had been , and she 'd warmed to the little she 'd been told about him . |
| 26 | He had left suddenly while Rachel had been on leave and on her return she 'd been told that another officer had been appointed but she 'd had no time to find out anything about him . |
| 27 | Mrs MacIllarry said she 'd been told by her mother that Jobson had once phoned saying he would kill her and then himself . |
| 28 | She , she 'd been told by the Reeds that |
| 29 | We 'd been told by the guardian that the bolts on the climb were ‘ good . ’ |
| 30 | Two Spanish climbers above us were working on the overhanging 6b pitches and although we 'd been told you could aid the whole section it was obvious from the stance that the bolts were too far apart . |