Example sentences of "told [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Sheppard was hired as a contracts officer three months ago , but was told to go on leave after complaints about the selection process . |
| 2 | I was told to go to the telephone . |
| 3 | So I was told to go to the dermatologist . |
| 4 | When they got home , he was told to go to bed , and meekly obeyed . |
| 5 | They were kept in the house overnight and yesterday morning one was told to go to work as normal at the west Belfast shop . |
| 6 | He 's been told to go to the office so many times it like yeah , yeah , alright ! |
| 7 | They walked briskly to the mortuary , and were told to go into Burney 's inner sanctum . |
| 8 | I wanted my mum or Ian , but my mum was at home and Ian had been told to go into the waiting room . |
| 9 | And within er a week I was told to go into the dry part , handling , in the buffing shop . |
| 10 | Well , when it was thought I was ready to go to a job , I was sent to 101 Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea , near Sloane Street to be told to go down the steps to the tradesmen 's entrance . |
| 11 | Thatcher was four votes short of outright victory ; she wanted to fight on , but was told to go by her cabinet ( the same loyal troupe that now surrounds Major ) . |
| 12 | I was told to report to you , " he said . |
| 13 | another one he had during his work and he says straight away look I was put to work splitting wood , do you see that in the , paragraph on the right hand side , the next day I was told to report to the dairy barns to help milk cows , then he worked in the garden , he also took care of the bees , harvested honey for the family , then in nineteen fifty three I was transferred to the cheese making farm , now here 's a spiritual brother thinking he 's going into the battle to do all sorts of spiritual things , and yet these were his assignments , there 's a lesson here for you and I . |
| 14 | All the 650 headquarters staff were told to report for work as normal . |
| 15 | By being excluded in this way , it should soon learn to become more receptive when told to sit under these circumstances . |
| 16 | Unlike my father who was told to sit on a bean bag my cardiologist said , " Exercise , build up your strength , " and so I started jogging and disliked it intensely and stopped jogging . |
| 17 | After this I was told to sit by the fire beside my benefactor . |
| 18 | The families were told to attend at half-hour intervals from ten o'clock onwards . |
| 19 | The Government 's examination advisers have already been told to see to it that marking is stricter next year . |
| 20 | Jesus took Peter , James and John into the garden , the rest of the disciples having been told to wait for them . |
| 21 | Ebert , Fest and I. We were after the assassins of the T'ang 's Minister , Lwo Kang , and had been told to wait for a contact from our Triad connections there . |
| 22 | They were told to wait in the hall for the time being , until it was decided what should be done with them . |
| 23 | That what it means , and it was fifty days se se se seven weeks , after the death and resurrection of Jesus and the disciples had been told to wait in an upper room until the Holy Spirit would descend upon them , and you 've had that record read to you from acts chapter two of just what took place on that day , that birth day of the church of Jesus Christ . |
| 24 | At length we were called to an ante-room , where he was told to strip to the waist and wait . |
| 25 | He was told to strip for a medical examination but he was n't up to scratch and failed , and so never got his chance . |
| 26 | We told the controller we would divert to Viseu , and were told to remain at FL090 until overhead the field , to ensure separation from the German . |
| 27 | " You were told to remain in your room . " |
| 28 | we have a man in the audience , Gary , where are you Gary , give me a wave , Gary was actually told to default on his mortgage and pay up . |
| 29 | Are you certain you were told to come to this office ? ’ |
| 30 | In the village he was told to come to us because we came from Yugoslavia too . |