Example sentences of "[adv] tell [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He repeats one he once told at an audition for a right-on theatre company . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | and did n't always tell at the time |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | The conference was also told about an invention which could curb kidnapping and the illicit sale of Third World babies for adoption . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | When Paisley was later told about the woman 's remark , he immediately condemned it and rebuked her , but this made little impression on the basic loyalties of the audience . |
| 17 | … I also tell in the introduction of that book how my mother collected peasant embroideries of Slovakia . |
| 18 | You can also tell at a glance which lines are in use , how long each incoming call has been waiting , and even when each guest is scheduled to leave . |
| 19 | The characteristics of Shavante leaders are also telling of the value placed upon ferocity in the Shavante ideal of manhood . |
| 20 | That is only a part of the story , now told in a book published by the Trust , The Saving of Spitalfields . |
| 21 | It was a well-known story among City men and was often told as an example of what used to happen in the bad old days of ten years ago — and what , by implication , could never happen now . |
| 22 | All the characteristics listed so far tell of the leader 's relationship with God ( 'looking up' ) . |
| 23 | The time has come to use test kits more often , and with greater care — and to experiment with Siporax which , we are so regularly told by the distributor , can deal with nitrites and nitrates . |
| 24 | Ms Armstrong — who was once reportedly told by the TV station 's management : ‘ Put a coat hanger in your gob and smile more ’ — said she was not retiring , . |
| 25 | I was frequently told of the necessity for study overseas in order to do anything worthwhile in the academic field because facilities in China were so ‘ backward ’ . |
| 26 | She says she was never even told of the risk . |
| 27 | ‘ I was n't even told about the wedding because he was largely under pressure , in a corner d' you see . |
| 28 | The experienced eye can frequently tell at a glance that all is not well in a pond or aquarium without necessarily seeing a single fish . |
| 29 | One report even tells of an encounter with a yeti-like creature . |
| 30 | ‘ I know nothing of this part of the world except for the tales sometimes told in the hall about the mountains . ’ |