Example sentences of "[been] told [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge then , bearing in mind , all that he knows , and all that he 's been told about the guilty person , proceeds to pass sentence . |
| 2 | President F.W. de Klerk 's chief negotiator at the talks on South Africa 's new constitution had not been told about the pre-dawn raids . |
| 3 | He had known of the death of Oleg Demyonov , he had been told of the Soviet retaliation , he had been informed of the visit by the Consul to Lefortovo gaol . |
| 4 | The Government has been told by the former Lord-Justice General that its appointment of temporary judges in Scotland 's courts could lead to miscarriages of justice . |
| 5 | And the marvellous thing in Plato of Socrates , when he 'd been told by the Delphic Oracle that he was the wisest of men , he started off like a sort of good poperian scientist trying to falsify this and he went round finding people wiser than himself and he went to various people and they were n't any wiser , and then he thought ‘ Oh , the poets , they 're marvellous people , they know so much ’ , and he went to them and he found that the had n't a clue what they 'd written . |
| 6 | And the marvellous thing in Plato , of Socrates , erm when he 'd been told by the Delphic oracle that he was the wisest of men , he , he started off like a sort of good Popperian scientist trying to falsify this , erm and he went round finding people wiser than himself , and he went to various people and they were n't any wiser , and then he thought , ‘ Oh , the poets ! |
| 7 | As my hon. Friends the Members for Wyre ( Mr. Mans ) and for Thurrock have said , people expected to be protected by central Government , but we have been told by the Labour party that there will be no limit whatsoever on spending . |
| 8 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 9 | However , Bernard had filled the bottles with supermarket plonk , considering this adequate revenge for having been told by the same neighbour that his new perfume was ‘ rather bourgeois ’ . |
| 10 | I have been told by the previous owner that he filled the hubs with grease instead of oil . |
| 11 | She has been told by the local hospital that she can not have an appointment until June 1993 . |
| 12 | THE Conservative-controlled Stirling District has been told by the local MP , Michael Forsyth , that he is horrified at the way in which the council has handled a housing matter . |
| 13 | They have been told by the local authority that they can not grow oilseed rape because the smell might upset Disney guests . |
| 14 | At least that 's what we 've been told by the seat-cover suppliers , Courtaulds Textiles , which produces the terribly natty ‘ Renaissance ’ decor for Rover 's new Metro . |
| 15 | He 'd gone and been impressed with what he 'd been told by the visiting medium , though he was n't convinced . |