Example sentences of "[was/were] tell [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 70 delegates at the Edinburgh conference were told about the dumping of unsafe products on emerging eastern European democracies . |
| 2 | They were told about the successes — and pitfalls — of recycling schemes in action , EEC legislation , and given an industry update . |
| 3 | And when Cheryl 's holiday was over and her Brownie Pack met again , the Pack were told about the rescue of the pony by semaphore , and agreed that Cheryl had passed her Semaphore Challenge with flying colours . |
| 4 | Oh we Oh I suppose we were told about the war but being young and heedless we would not take it all in . |
| 5 | But oh we were told about the war and what was happening between the Germans and whatnot . |
| 6 | We spent a pleasant evening with Bob at the Springfield Hotel , the most northerly pub , in the British Isles where , amongst other anecdotes , we were told about the customs officer from Lerwick who was staying on Unst one very wet and stormy night , and awoke to find the roof of his bedroom had blown off . |
| 7 | We 've been losing sleep with worry since we were told about the arrests . |
| 8 | None of the children were told about the wedding in advance and the first Charles knew of his new stepmother was when the headmaster of his prep school informed him |
| 9 | Staff were told about the job cuts last night . |
| 10 | Earlier , deputies were told of a breakthrough in the Black Sea Fleet conflict which had escalated tensions between Moscow and Kiev to dangerous levels . |
| 11 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 12 | Magistrates at Aylesbury were told of an incident last year involving horse called Max which was owned by Mr Hill and ridden by his wife Trelawny . |
| 13 | In January 1953 the universities and the WEA were told of the Minister 's intention to cut grant-aid towards their adult education work by 10% for the educational year beginning the following August . |
| 14 | ‘ The fund 's external investment advisers , Geoffrey Morley and Partners , have confirmed that although they were told of the scheme , they were not asked to give advice , contrary to a written assurance to a councillor by Reg Beard , the council treasurer , that they had been consulted . |
| 15 | In order to prepare further for the forthcoming conference , the Commonwealth Prime Ministers were told of the US-UK discussions at their meeting in May 1944 . |
| 16 | Regional organiser at the General and Municipal Boilermakers ' Union Derek Cattell said : ‘ The workforce were told of the closure by managing director Tony Jowett . |
| 17 | In the Victorian story , Eyes and No-Eyes , we were told of the difference between the characters . |
| 18 | It is understood that early this year both local gardai and Catholic Church officials were told of the allegations ; the health board became involved and the priest received counselling . |
| 19 | Today , The Test And County Cricket Board 's disciplinary committee at Edgbaston were told of the events which lead to Stemp providing a positive sample during a match with Middlesex at Uxbridge in July . |
| 20 | LONG before we started telling naive people to take what they were told with a pinch of salt , the Romans were issuing the same advice in the form of ‘ cum grano salis ’ , which was actually a mild pun . |
| 21 | We were told on the phone about her diabetes . |
| 22 | THE right to roam should be enshrined in Swedish-style legislation , Scottish ramblers were told at the weekend . |
| 23 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 24 | There were no immediate changes , it went on from private enterprise , the changeover We were told at the time that we were just just to carry on the way we 'd been doing . |
| 25 | But spending that hundred thousand pounds as we were told at the time , would only part solve the problem . |
| 26 | Or you might have become part of a large co-operative farm , where you would virtually farm as you were told in every facet by those in charge . |
| 27 | That 's what we were told in the branch , it lapses after twelve months |
| 28 | We were told by a doctor that the colony had been weakened by inbreeding , but they all looked robust to me , in a puddingy , German sort of way . |
| 29 | One resident , John Morell , 30 , said : ‘ We were told by the council that we had to be out within 48 hours . |
| 30 | At that time we were told by the GA lobby that such a solution was not acceptable to GA flyers because of cost , weight/performance penalties , design difficulties and so on . |