Example sentences of "was tell by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One parent was told by a consultant , ‘ We all have to go sometime , ’ after her 16-year-old son had just died of leukaemia . |
| 2 | ‘ I was told by a Minister that lives in the SAS were expendable . |
| 3 | writes from : AS A barmaid , I was told by a customer — a Mr Brewster — that his ancestor founded the annual Brewster Sessions when all pub licences are up for renewal . |
| 4 | Andrew O'Shea ( 31 ) , who was stationed at Donnybrook , told the High Court in Dublin that in April , 1992 , he was told by a detective inspector that a prostitute had made an allegation of robbery and assault against him . |
| 5 | A YOUTH who was told by a judge that his sex attack on a nine-year-old girl was ‘ like a breath of fresh air ’ walked free yesterday . |
| 6 | That was totally unplanned. erm I was told by a friend that there was erm Pebble Mill were going to organise an Environment Project Competition for Great Britain , and they suggested I sent for a form , which I did , and filled it in , and erm to my astonishment a film crew came down and filmed the pond , and later on I was invited with my husband to Pebble Mill to get this award and it was given me by Virginia Mackenna and Bill Waters , and David Bellamy was there , and erm we had a wonderful time . |
| 7 | A MAN who adored his pet dog was told by a nurse : ‘ I 've run it over . ’ |
| 8 | In a moment of clarity , just before her eleven a.m. medication on Friday , a bewildered Elinor threatened to leave and was told by a nurse that this was not possible without the prior permission of the matron . |
| 9 | Angela , 20 , was told by a midwife ‘ It 's a boy ’ after giving birth in hospital . |
| 10 | When I moved to Gloucestershire in 1961 I was told by a neighbour to lie low and remember that , although the progeny of an adjacent county ( Worcestershire ) , I would be held a foreigner by Gloucestershire folk for at least 25 years . |
| 11 | At the Los Angeles Open , Fred Couples says he was told by a spectator : ‘ Have a good day and do n't choke . ’ |
| 12 | The main value of ‘ Heshang ’ , I was told by a number of commentators , was that it did ‘ wake people up ’ and shake them out of their apathy . |
| 13 | Earlier today I was told by a representative from the band 's record company , Warner Brothers , ‘ Al will kick anybody who touches him . ’ |
| 14 | CABINET minister Peter Lilley has the easiest job in the country , he was told by a wag in the audience at BBC 1 's Question Time . |
| 15 | This story was told by a Muslim in the course of some Christian/Muslim conversations held in Birmingham recently . |
| 16 | I was told by a Milanese , with a wry smile , that it was as well the prophet had not heard of smog , or that would have been included as well . |
| 17 | Kurt Koch tells the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who was told by a palmist that she would die in her thirtieth year . |
| 18 | Corinne Dufka said : ‘ At Dikfer hospital I was told by an official there that they had admitted 25 wounded people , most of them with gunshot wounds . ’ |
| 19 | Corinne Dufka said : ‘ At Dikfer hospital I was told by an official there that they had admitted 25 wounded people , most of them with gunshot wounds . ’ |
| 20 | How generous he was to acknowledge his own defeat , when he asked one of his rivals -Parrhasius — to draw back the curtain and unveil the portrait underneath , and was told by the artist that the curtain itself was painted . |
| 21 | Branson was warned by another member of the party that this would not go down well and , sure enough , was told by the butler the following morning that he was no longer welcome . |
| 22 | At school I was told by the matron that I would die if I continued to lose weight . |
| 23 | Here too are the baths where the crippled are immersed , and a line of taps providing water from the source that Bernadette was told by the Virgin to drink from . |
| 24 | She was told by the Chief Constable of the district ( who was accompanied by the Inspector who became the respondent in the appeal ) that a meeting could not be held on the spot , but could be held some 175 yards distant , around the corner . |
| 25 | The teacher was told by the researcher to regard silence as a wrong answer and to punish it accordingly . |
| 26 | I was told by the retailer that he had lost a number of Emperors due to aggression in the confines of a small tank in his store . |
| 27 | Chris , 42 , of Longsight , Manchester , said he was told by the driver the half gallon tin might spill . |
| 28 | Thus when in 1304 Archbishop Corbridge of York admitted to a canonry a papal providee instead of a royal presentee , he was summoned for contempt and was told by the king 's judges that as the pope 's acts were not subject to the English courts , no one should prosecute anything at Rome or elsewhere to the detriment of crown rights and royal dignity . |
| 29 | Thus when Archbishop Corbridge preferred to obey the pope in a matter of patronage , he was told by the king 's judges that he was wrong to do so because the pope 's acts were not subject to the English courts , and that no one should prosecute anything at Rome or elsewhere contrary to crown rights and royal dignity . |
| 30 | I asked the College if they could help , but was told by the then-bursar : It is College policy not to help fellows with housing . |