Example sentences of "been tell that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not very worried as I had been told that the school was very good . |
| 2 | — The court has been told that the order did not in fact contain that recitation . |
| 3 | A court has been told that the idea for an elaborate murder plot , in which a couple were pushed over a cliff in a blazing car , may have come from a film on satellite television . |
| 4 | I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ . |
| 5 | Had been told that the Prince , his son , had not visited his new wife 's bed for several days , and not through pressure of work . |
| 6 | He had been told that the Chairman had with a handgun shot dead a general who had dared to argue with his strategy during the dark days of the war . |
| 7 | The court had been told that the boys made up stories after the accused had thrown them out of his home for stealing cigarettes . |
| 8 | However , I have been told that the drugs I am on will have an adverse effect . |
| 9 | Peter Williams , the Salford centre , has been told that the shoulder injury which has kept him out for much of this season will need at least another week to heal . |
| 10 | We have been told that the case is of no interest to Mr. Bell , he now being in custody in relation to other matters . |
| 11 | I have been told that the companies were merely prompted by the orders to ’ review ’ their commercial strategy . |
| 12 | A fund-raiser planning to tour Europe in a Reliant Robin has been told that the feat wo n't earn him a place in the record books — because he 's one wheel short . |
| 13 | A fund-raiser planning to tour Europe in a Reliant Robin has been told that the feat wo n't earn him a place in the record books — because he 's one wheel short . |
| 14 | ‘ But I know some people have felt so miserable they have seen their doctor for some medicine and have been told that the fumes are the likely cause of their symptoms . |
| 15 | The court has been told that the girl had stolen the aersol she was using to inhale . |
| 16 | By then the press had already been told that the likelihood was that this was a terrorist act : the media were already speculating on whether the perpetrators were Arab or Irish . |
| 17 | The tips owners , who were not available for comment , have been told that the responsibility for making the tip safe is theirs , even though they had up until recently leased out the site to a local company which operated the tip . |
| 18 | Having been told that the Government have conceded that the whole thing is nonsense , I can not begin to understand why we are not getting rid of it now , taking the strain off last year 's poll tax , which is becoming intolerable . |
| 19 | I have been told that the torque converter locks up in low low . |
| 20 | ‘ They say that it was a mistake that we had been told that the outbreak was due to Salmonella enteriditis , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Those problems were one cause of the delay that the hon. Gentleman described , but I have been told that the wait for that preliminary investigation is now down from six months to three months — the average in Northern Ireland . |
| 22 | Sheffield referee John Key actually awarded the free kick in Saunders ' favour but Elliott has been told that the official 's decision would not necessarily prejudice any claim . |
| 23 | Labour whips have been told that the offer of opposition co-operation has met with suspicion in the Government whips ' office . |
| 24 | I had been told that the Asaimara inhabited Bahdu and Aussa while the Adoimara occupied the rest of the country . |
| 25 | A SUFFOLK farmer trying to recover a hoard of Romano-British bronzes , which he claims were illicitly excavated from his land , has been told that the Office of Arts and Libraries can not help him , writes Geraldine Norman . |
| 26 | Erm , having been told that the County Council were running the meeting , I did find it a little difficult to chair , but I do think that we 've come out of it with some constructive ideas . |
| 27 | And if for some strange reason he 'd been misinformed , been told that the horse had lost , then it was difficult to see why he 'd kept the slips so carefully in his wallet . |
| 28 | A disciplinary hearing has been told that the horse need five stitches to a head wound . |
| 29 | The staff have been told that the Laboratory will shut in exactly twelve months ; the farmers intend to say plenty more before then . |
| 30 | The college , which is housed in council premises , has been told that the authority wants its buildings back . |