Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] be told [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheryl Wragg , 34 , was airlifted 150 miles for the operation , just weeks after 10-year-old Adele 's appeal , only to be told at the last minute the lungs were unsuitable . |
| 2 | Mr Salmond added : ‘ We have spent more than two months at Labour 's behest going through a process of consultation with the STUC only to be told at the end of it that Labour want to junk his key proposal before we get to a meeting . ’ |
| 3 | I can quote you three particular instances where farmers have rung in with good information only to be told at the other end of the phone what the bloody hell have you rung us for and they 've got nothing within the local police whatsoever . |
| 4 | The poor industrialist had said that the minimum wage would put him out of business , only to be told by the noble academic that it would not need to if he ran his company properly . |
| 5 | In an effort to put the situation right , James approached Eric Williams , only to be told by the good doctor that , ‘ there was nothing to discuss ’ . |
| 6 | Her oil worker husband , Les , flew home after being told of the tragedy … on his 40th birthday . |
| 7 | The 343 workers whose sackings led to Britain 's most bitter industrial dispute since the late 1980s are to meet tomorrow to be told by the unions the details of the rundown package on offer . |
| 8 | Donald Lees is working away from home and has yet to be told about the sentence : |