Example sentences of "[was/were] tell by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One resident , John Morell , 30 , said : ‘ We were told by the council that we had to be out within 48 hours . |
| 3 | Newspapers , he adds in the chapter , were told by the Prince 's friends that Diana was a ‘ meglomaniac . ’ |
| 4 | They were told by the judge , ’ You knew the risk you ran , you asked yourself if the game was worth the risk and you said yes it was . ’ |
| 5 | So she watched television and erm Princess Diana erm said something shocking at lunchtime at a luncheon party or lunch party and erm maybe just erm ten days before that Princess Diana 's announcement we were told by the Register Teacher that we will have an assignment of in February and we will compare some newspapers articles and maybe she did n't explain very erm specifically but she just gave us erm the brief information about er register assignment in February and she told us that we should er we should collect some newspapers about the same title was about the same topic and ho we should compare how each newspaper treated , treats the er news or what do you call that ? |
| 6 | ‘ We were told by the teacher it was a mortal sin to touch them P of course we all did ! |
| 7 | I , I ca n't understand the secretariat allowing this to come out were told by the president that it was not possible to use this money unless it was grant related . |
| 8 | Only a month ago we were told by the Engineering Council that technology lessons under the national curriculum were a ‘ farce ’ — and teachers did n't have a clue what they should be doing in the classroom . |
| 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 | Corinne Dufka said : ‘ At Dikfer hospital I was told by an official there that they had admitted 25 wounded people , most of them with gunshot wounds . ’ |
| 27 | Corinne Dufka said : ‘ At Dikfer hospital I was told by an official there that they had admitted 25 wounded people , most of them with gunshot wounds . ’ |
| 28 | How generous he was to acknowledge his own defeat , when he asked one of his rivals -Parrhasius — to draw back the curtain and unveil the portrait underneath , and was told by the artist that the curtain itself was painted . |
| 29 | Branson was warned by another member of the party that this would not go down well and , sure enough , was told by the butler the following morning that he was no longer welcome . |
| 30 | At school I was told by the matron that I would die if I continued to lose weight . |