Example sentences of "[was/were] tell at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 THE right to roam should be enshrined in Swedish-style legislation , Scottish ramblers were told at the weekend .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 But spending that hundred thousand pounds as we were told at the time , would only part solve the problem .
5 Frank Sinatra was told at the weekend that the four pasta sauces named after him are being withdrawn .
6 I was told at the Bar that in section 25 application cases hearsay evidence was regarded in some family proceedings courts as not admissible .
7 His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out .
8 I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery ,
9 The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited .
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