Example sentences of "[be] told the [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His son , Li Yuan , had seen it all five years before , in those first few days after he had been told the secret of their world — the Great Lie upon which everything was built . |
| 2 | He explained the British problem to the Germans by saying that the British people had been lied to — they had not been told the truth about what used to be called the Common Market and is now called the European Community . |
| 3 | We are told the way in which MPs have voted on certain controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging ; we are given the names of those to whom we must say farewell and those we should welcome , but no details whatsoever as to the make up the corps of MPs ' secretaries , that body of sirens from whom the more susceptible among us should be protected . |
| 4 | He deserved to be told the truth to his face . |
| 5 | They are like patients , who , suspecting that something is seriously wrong , steadfastly refuse to see a doctor in the hope that their troubles will clear up without the need to be told the truth about themselves or undergo painful treatment . |
| 6 | It is presidential policy that , wherever practicable , claimants should be told the outcome of their appeals on the day , but in all cases the claimant and adjudication officer must be sent a written record of the decision which includes a note of the evidence and submissions of the parties , a statement of the tribunals findings of fact and of the reasons for the decision . |
| 7 | When , therefore , Ministers were told the truth for which they were wholly unprepared , they were dazed . |
| 8 | When Avril was told the date of her operation Peter promised to visit . |
| 9 | It would have been nice to have been in the presentation room when the John Smith 's brand manager was told the script of their ads . |