Example sentences of "[was/were] tell [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , deputies were told of a breakthrough in the Black Sea Fleet conflict which had escalated tensions between Moscow and Kiev to dangerous levels . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Committee was told of a backlog of maintenance . |
| 6 | Colt was told of a target and an address . |
| 7 | The court was told of a catalogue of filthy practises in the kitchen , but one of the owners says he 's been harshly treated |
| 8 | Last week , I was told about a club that closed an hour and a half early because the organisers were so freaked out by the number of collapses . |
| 9 | One parent was told by a consultant , ‘ We all have to go sometime , ’ after her 16-year-old son had just died of leukaemia . |
| 10 | ‘ I was told by a Minister that lives in the SAS were expendable . |
| 11 | writes from : AS A barmaid , I was told by a customer — a Mr Brewster — that his ancestor founded the annual Brewster Sessions when all pub licences are up for renewal . |
| 12 | Andrew O'Shea ( 31 ) , who was stationed at Donnybrook , told the High Court in Dublin that in April , 1992 , he was told by a detective inspector that a prostitute had made an allegation of robbery and assault against him . |
| 13 | A YOUTH who was told by a judge that his sex attack on a nine-year-old girl was ‘ like a breath of fresh air ’ walked free yesterday . |
| 14 | That was totally unplanned. erm I was told by a friend that there was erm Pebble Mill were going to organise an Environment Project Competition for Great Britain , and they suggested I sent for a form , which I did , and filled it in , and erm to my astonishment a film crew came down and filmed the pond , and later on I was invited with my husband to Pebble Mill to get this award and it was given me by Virginia Mackenna and Bill Waters , and David Bellamy was there , and erm we had a wonderful time . |
| 15 | A MAN who adored his pet dog was told by a nurse : ‘ I 've run it over . ’ |
| 16 | In a moment of clarity , just before her eleven a.m. medication on Friday , a bewildered Elinor threatened to leave and was told by a nurse that this was not possible without the prior permission of the matron . |
| 17 | Angela , 20 , was told by a midwife ‘ It 's a boy ’ after giving birth in hospital . |
| 18 | When I moved to Gloucestershire in 1961 I was told by a neighbour to lie low and remember that , although the progeny of an adjacent county ( Worcestershire ) , I would be held a foreigner by Gloucestershire folk for at least 25 years . |
| 19 | At the Los Angeles Open , Fred Couples says he was told by a spectator : ‘ Have a good day and do n't choke . ’ |
| 20 | The main value of ‘ Heshang ’ , I was told by a number of commentators , was that it did ‘ wake people up ’ and shake them out of their apathy . |
| 21 | Earlier today I was told by a representative from the band 's record company , Warner Brothers , ‘ Al will kick anybody who touches him . ’ |
| 22 | CABINET minister Peter Lilley has the easiest job in the country , he was told by a wag in the audience at BBC 1 's Question Time . |
| 23 | This story was told by a Muslim in the course of some Christian/Muslim conversations held in Birmingham recently . |
| 24 | I was told by a Milanese , with a wry smile , that it was as well the prophet had not heard of smog , or that would have been included as well . |
| 25 | Kurt Koch tells the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who was told by a palmist that she would die in her thirtieth year . |
| 26 | talking and he was telling about a visit he had paid to China for a whole week |