Example sentences of "what they [verb] be tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had n't been what they 'd been told to expect by the Daily Mail . |
| 2 | That 's what they 'd been told to do . |
| 3 | ABC tracked me down after seeing some of the papers in my case and wanted to know if I could confirm what they 'd been told . |
| 4 | I mean everybody knew what was going on , they might have had their own interpretations of what they 'd been told , but that happens , and as I said you know , every decision was voted on by the full lodge of the three quarries . |
| 5 | What they 've been told has led to the establishment of a major police investigation , assisted by three full time social workers , going back over 20 years . |
| 6 | They claimed that records of tests which nurses said they carried out on Mrs Bennett had gone missing from the Royal , and details of her case presented to the coroner differed from what they had been told . |
| 7 | He brightened as he recalled some of what they had been told . |
| 8 | Of course they will go through all the natural stages of refusal to believe what they have been told , of anger and of unhappiness . |
| 9 | At the end of it all , the journalists are free to report what they have been told without question , they may seek to check the information they have been given with other sources or use it as background on a later occasion . |