Example sentences of "be told [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the first thing we 're told about it in the third stanza ? |
| 2 | Under the new regime , the Ministry of Agriculture only tests animals when they get to the farm , if they 're told about it . |
| 3 | You 're told at annual appraisal week . |
| 4 | Do as you 're told for once , without opening your mouth . ’ |
| 5 | Hell , why ca n't you do as you 're told for me ? |
| 6 | Some of them would be outraged We certainly know that one of them was convinced by Jesus , Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Sanhedrin and you know that , that later on we 're told of Joseph of Arimathea , but what did he do Michael do you know , does anybody know what Joseph of Arimathea did ? |
| 7 | The ideal prisoner is not a human being but an automaton who will respond immediately to orders , eat when they 're told to , work , take exercise , sleep , and in all circumstances be respectful to authority . |
| 8 | Well we 're told to just , just walk away . |
| 9 | Now we 're told to , you know , beware of having too much fats , too much milk , too much this , that and the other because it creates all sorts of what 's the truth ? |
| 10 | The house scene is dead , we 're told by the older club cognoscenti ; in fact ‘ before you could say Happy Flowered Roses , it was all over ’ ( NME ) . |
| 11 | They changed that , so the money er it 's a bit different than the Maxwell , the money has n't been erm a switched over to the Cayman Islands and all over the place , it 's it 's stayed in , in the but of course we 're told by the trustees and by our legal advice that nothing illegal 's taken place , the money 's been used to st er finance early voluntary retirement etcetera , etcetera . |
| 12 | Even if Mr Major really means it and he does n't intend to do a Nigel Lawson , a sort of nineteen eighty seven trick , er surely he can almost hardly help himself , because the pound and shares are doing very well at the moment ; we 're told by the economists that there 's a good six months of honeymoon period , er and people feel a great pent up demand , people have a great pent up demand , which is now being released . |
| 13 | First , when you 're told from every conceivable angle that something is , in itself , dangerous you can be lulled into thinking the very opposite . |
| 14 | " I always think these traditional stories retain a lot of charm , " said another of the rabbits , " especially when they 're told in the real , old-fashioned spirit . " |
| 15 | We 're told in the report that small firms with less than twenty people have a fatal and major accident rate forty percent higher than firms employing over a thousand . |
| 16 | Included in the recommendations is for a two day training course , costing fifty thousand for two thousand places it 's excellent except we 're told in the report that we ca n't get people on courses however good they is es especially among , er , small companies . |
| 17 | Perhaps the most wonderful place on earth ( though I am told on good authority that the souvenir shop at Graceland takes some beating ) has to be Niagara falls . |
| 18 | I am told by Russians , who in my experience have always been frank , that he is a man of formidable intellectual capacity , and little self-importance or vanity . |
| 19 | I am told by an ex-employee of ICI that there was a curious example of the effects of it some time back . |
| 20 | I am told by a friend who was a delegate to the Delhi conference that the concern over Britain 's importing nuclear weapons into an area hitherto free of them was real and not fictitious . |
| 21 | I am told by some Kenyan cynics I fell in with that the commission was appointed largely to satisfy demands from one aid donor ( was it the World Bank ? ) . |
| 22 | Alternatively , down the road at Chateau de la Muire where I am told by friendly Champagne producers you will find one of the region , s most creative cooks — Jean-Pierre Lallement . |
| 23 | Before you even read this article I am told by the organisers that bookings have already been made in advance of advertising , so if you are a food wine and train lover and you 'd like to recapture the mystery and elegance of the world of Agatha Christie or you 've something very special to celebrate — make sure you 're on board this august for a journey of a lifetime . |
| 24 | It appears that ‘ a good time was had by all ’ and I am told by Tony Galvin , GODDB , that planning for this year 's event is proceeding well . |
| 25 | Campese , I am told by journalist Paolo Catella , is having tantrums . |
| 26 | It is recommended for jacquard that you do n't use more than five colours in a row , but I am told by Silver Reed that you use this program for programming intarsia , which is going to be knitted with the new electronic intarsia carriage . |
| 27 | In the early 1970s , Clyde Best , a Bermudan , played for a spell with West Ham and , I am told by one of his former team mates , was made to feel isolated by fellow players . |
| 28 | I am told by my Mother that I was a charming baby ; I used to he in the middle of the bed , kick my legs into the air and coo all day long . |
| 29 | I have nonetheless determined to deliver a short judgment because it seems to me that there are lessons to be learned from this case which , I am told by Mr. Tyzak , is the first case to come before this particular bench under the Children Act 1989 . |
| 30 | So it 's er it 's getting very intriguing apparently because in my loft , I am told by a call to our reception just a few moments ago , it 's definitely wasps in my loft . |