Example sentences of "was tell of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Committee was told of a backlog of maintenance .
2 Colt was told of a target and an address .
3 The court was told of a catalogue of filthy practises in the kitchen , but one of the owners says he 's been harshly treated
4 A jury at Bristol crown court was told of an insurance policy paying six thousands pounds a year until their children grew up .
5 In fact , I was told of an occasion when a power-pole had to be replaced because a woodpecker had dug a hole ‘ you could hide a beer can in ’ , as my informant said !
6 As an illustration of how it can occur , the field-worker was told of an incident in which a driver was asked to stop for failing to wear a seat-belt , upon which he sped off , necessitating a car chase , which eventually ended with two cars being wrecked and a policeman injured .
7 I was told of the story by a friend who knew the old platelayer who we shall call Fred .
8 In Mordauntt v. British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd. ( 1910 K.B. ) the seller was told of the sub-sale by the buyer only after it had been made .
9 After his sensational ( and bloodthirsty ? ) triumph over the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel , he was told of the threat to his life by Ahab 's foreign queen Jezebel , and decided to flee down to the desert around Mount Sinai , the home of many prophets and a place of pilgrimage for many more .
10 When he was told of the hierarchy 's opposition to any bill of this kind , Dr Browne , himself secularly inclined , submitted his proposals and arguments to the hierarchy for approval , just as a previous Health Minister , Dr Walsh , had consulted Archbishop McQuaid on a similar matter in 1946 .
11 ‘ My husband went to register him and was told of the tree offer .
12 ‘ You 'd be amazed how many workers are prepared to offload their problems during the witching hour , ’ he said when he was told of the project .
13 There had been little dispute about anything else Thorfinn had wanted to do since the day he was told of the fighting in Lothian .
14 Mother-of-two Lesley Adams , 28 , gassed herself in her car at her Plymouth home , hours after she was told of the allegation by her boss .
15 Scott was told of the effect of Ruskin 's intervention over Freeman 's letter in The Times by George Dasent , the assistant editor , which coupled with the tone of the letter to Dallas ensured that by late 1859 there was a complete breach between Scott and Ruskin .
16 She was told of the importance of completing the course , even though her cellulitis appeared to be improving .
17 Referee Bob Nixon was told of the outburst and immediately showed the red card to the big target man .
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