Example sentences of "had been tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writers , poets and bards had been telling the stories for centuries but it was not until the Victorians that a visual interpretation was recorded and that was essentially romantic and ill-informed . |
| 2 | Sarah had been too ill to defend herself , and besides , in a way Elizabeth Bradford had been telling the truth . |
| 3 | Charles was relieved that the information put her in the clear ; she had been telling the truth . |
| 4 | So perhaps Lesley-Jane had been telling the truth in her description of the relationship . |
| 5 | He knew Phil Jordan 's home number and dialled it , hoping Jordan had been telling the truth about going home . |
| 6 | The military report claimed that when Georgian authorities protested to the Russian army headquarters in Gudauta , they had been told the attack had been to avenge shelling on Saturday of a Russian army unit . |
| 7 | Coun Williams added officers had contacted the African National Congress ' London office for guidance and had been told the organisation would not welcome trade with the country while sanctions are still in place . |
| 8 | It was , however , reported by his personal staff that he did manage a smirk when he had been told the story of how his arch rival and competitor had been conned by his countrymen on a flag-flying visit to the auld counthrie . |
| 9 | His son , Li Yuan , had seen it all five years before , in those first few days after he had been told the secret of their world — the Great Lie upon which everything was built . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , the group which had been told the topic in advance performed best on the tests . |
| 11 | Mackie denied he had been told that and said that if he had been told the meeting was confidential from the start there would have been little point in him , as an analyst , being there . |
| 12 | ‘ Lance-Corporal Trumper , ’ said Tommy in disbelief after he had been told the news . |
| 13 | Mr MacArthur said : ‘ The pilot said he had been told the weather was bad on Mull and that he might fly on to Tiree . |