Example sentences of "[pers pn] be tell [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm told that earls do sometimes look like tramps . |
| 2 | I 'm told that humans prefer it that way . ’ |
| 3 | When I queried this , I was told that subscribers did not wish BT to divulge this information . |
| 4 | Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ? |
| 5 | Puzzled , I was told that Acorns were that amount ‘ because of the energy that goes into them' , and ‘ anyway we really need cash at the moment' . ’ |
| 6 | Then I was told that girls were being taken on the railways so I had to go to Ipswich and take two more exams and started work as a booking clerk at Needham Station when I was sixteen . |
| 7 | ‘ I was told that Muggers ’ back had gone . |
| 8 | When I asked Grand Met how it could justify the high rent increases , I was told that tenants could easily afford them because tenants would now receive all the proceeds from the amusement machines instead of sharing them with the brewers , although they still have to pay a high licence fee and rent . |
| 9 | We are told that foxes are vermin and it is necessary to hunt them down . |
| 10 | We are told that tanners used this gallery . |
| 11 | We were told that sunglasses would not fit in any department of the store , and the carousel and mirror required would take up too much space . |
| 12 | In my biology lessons at school we were told that humans are the only mammals available for sex the whole time . |
| 13 | We were told that indications of public concern over proposed development strategies were also influential on the WO and the SoS ( a clear invitation to CPRW to turn up the heat ) . |
| 14 | The public will not be outraged if it is told that precedents will be confined to their facts . |
| 15 | The board yesterday decided to close 11 of its 77 community clinics after it was told that studies had shown that doctors ' practices were taking on responsibility for child health surveillance . |
| 16 | In private he got on very well with Lloyd George , but he never hid his doubts ; in 1917 he told Unionists that Lloyd George was a man who has the defects of his qualities " , and told his audience that he was saying no more than he had told the Prime Minister to his face ; when in 1920 he was told that Unionists would rather hear him attack Lloyd George than defend him , he told this story to the Prime Minister too . |