Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] tell [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee was told a similar event in Stockton had been a great success . |
| 2 | Yesterday Teesside Crown Court was told the armed response came after Sadhana Nazir tipped off the police that her boyfriend Asaf Mansha had returned to their home in Grange Road , Thornaby , with two other men with stolen goods . |
| 3 | She was so near to tears that her only outlet was to tell the whole sorry tale , including the news that Joanna had given her the day before . |
| 4 | He was not , so far as we can tell , putting forward the idea as a serious theory : his purpose was to tell a good story . |
| 5 | Daffodil with enthusiasm was telling a cool Bambi that she should try some face cream or other that helped with wrinkles . |
| 6 | On 17 July 1991 D. began staying access with his mother , and the mother was telling the social services and the guardian ad litem who had been appointed in the juvenile court proceedings that her relationship with the father was over . |