Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge John Slack was told the hunt had been followed by members of the League Against Cruel Sports . |
| 2 | But members of Durham County Council 's social services committee were told the site built without Department of Environment grant aid was extremely basic and fell short of the type of accommodation provided on county council-owned sites . |
| 3 | Members of Durham County Council 's social services committee were told the site was extremely basic . |
| 4 | Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print . |
| 5 | The event will go ahead on August 30 , along with the nationally recognised dog show on the Saturday , but the parish council was told the show 's future looked gloomy because of increased charges , particularly those for hiring equipment from Langbaurgh council . |
| 6 | It was n't all that much help , anyway , as far as tracing the kidnappers was concerned , but it did mean that on that point at least the Nilsen girl was telling the truth . |
| 7 | The second group was told the title after they had read the passage , while the third group were not told the title at all . |
| 8 | The court was told the offences were committed in August , 1981 , four months after Dakers had been released on parole from a four-year prison term imposed for burglary , theft and handling . |
| 9 | The court was told the incident sparked off a week-long rooftop protest by inmates at Franklands Jail , County Durham . |
| 10 | In a rare prosecution following an incident on the field during a Football League game , Salisbury Crown Court was told the tussle followed a clearance from defence . |
| 11 | The court was told the charges relate alleged assaults between January 1 , 1972 , and December 31 , 1973 . |
| 12 | The court was told the house was unoccupied when the pair broke in but the police received information that a burglary was in progress . |
| 13 | The court was told the woman became pregnant and had to have an abortion . |
| 14 | The court was told the airman had drunk seventeen pints of beer . |
| 15 | He remembered clearly that Murray had asked if he had any mail , and his instinct was to tell the truth . |
| 16 | It would have been nice to have been in the presentation room when the John Smith 's brand manager was told the script of their ads . |
| 17 | During a meeting , the workforce was told the Government would not put any money into the campaign to save the British operation of Leyland-DAF . |
| 18 | The constable did investigate the incident and proudly told colleagues later how his discretion and instinct had proved correct : the man was telling the truth . |
| 19 | But a Teesside Crown Court jury was told the woman suffered facial injuries in the attack last year . |
| 20 | The jury was told the men were to be paid £1,000 each with £500 expenses by Mr Brown 's wife to kill him . |
| 21 | An unhappy crowd were told the step had to be taken to attract more students and so protect the college 's long-term future . |
| 22 | The worst thing was telling the children . |
| 23 | The hearing was told the child had been left with a 14-year-old baby-sitter . |
| 24 | The football authorities in England accepted the explanation and sided with Gallacher and the Newcastle team , probably as a gesture of national protocol rather than with the conviction that the Scot was telling the truth . |
| 25 | The simplest answer was to tell the truth , but , as Lori had known , she could n't do it . |
| 26 | Over the public address system the announcer was telling the crowd that as Manuel Caballeros and Andy Kyle had both scored a total of 273 , they had tied for the lead . |
| 27 | From the co-operative principle , I also assumed that my neighbour was telling the truth ( there was no evidence that she was lying , hallucinating , or playing a practical joke ) . |
| 28 | The inquest was told the injuries were sustained during convulsions induced by narcotics . |
| 29 | A Hull inquest was told the glass punctured his lung . |
| 30 | Seconds later the patrol was told the van was a ringer as the owner and his van were still at home . |