Example sentences of "they [was/were] tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At least , he had n't if they were telling the truth . ’ |
| 2 | But last week they were told the trial would again be delayed , possibly as late as May next year . |
| 3 | But they were told the doctors were good . ’ |
| 4 | Of Manner In They did the job in the way they were told the clause in the way they were told qualifies did . |
| 5 | Georgian officials who protested to the Russian army headquarters in the Black Sea resort of Gudauta , claimed they were told the attack was to avenge Saturday 's shelling of a Russian army unit stationed in Abkhazia . |
| 6 | Yes they all wanted clean rivers , but then when they were told the price of complying with the urban waste water directive , they were less keen . |
| 7 | But when the owners later asked for permission to erect a temporary office , they were told the greenhouse itself should have had permission … and it would have to come down . |
| 8 | Hundreds of trippers who had paid for a front-row seat in a grandstand overlooking the departing flotilla left in anger when they were told the scaffolding viewpoint was potentially unsafe and would not be used . |