Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv] been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hardly say , ‘ I 've just been told that I 'm pregnant again , ’ because it was only a matter of a week or two . |
| 2 | ‘ Not too good , ’ I said , ‘ I 've just been told that Punch is closing . ’ |
| 3 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 4 | Rain said : ‘ Despite Barbara Coleman 's chattering and despite what I 've just been told , you 're all safe because there 's no proof about the provenance of the paintings . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just been told the same . |
| 6 | I I 've just been told I 've just been told that our entire switchboard is totally lit up . |
| 7 | I I 've just been told I 've just been told that our entire switchboard is totally lit up . |
| 8 | I 've just been told to move you , which is what I 'm doing . |
| 9 | I 've just been told that I will receive a grant from the Education and Library Board , which will be used to support my children and pay part of the course costs , ’ explained Nikki . |
| 10 | I 've just been told er to my right it 's a very large sheep . |
| 11 | Yes I 've just been told that . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've also been told a prolonged illness can start it and , of course , some dogs just have a weakness . |
| 13 | I 've also been told that some of my shots would make very good ‘ New Age ’ album covers , so you never know . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're talking about something I 've never been told about , and I did n't come here to find out . |
| 16 | I have also been told I am photogenic and I love anything to do with hair and make-up . |
| 17 | I have also been told the same story time and time again . |
| 18 | ‘ I have already been told I will need an operation and it is going to take some time to sort out my problem . |
| 19 | Well actually people in my area do have a concern about this , also though I was brought up in my teens at least within a rural area and I know full well that to hold certain views even those of the majority within rural areas , are not necessarily easily expressed and I have today been told of yet another example of this being the case . |
| 20 | However , I have now been told , by EGBT 's director , that SNH approval could take some time , possibly months . |
| 21 | However , inner-city speakers normally , and quite consistently , have [ ae ] and [ Ε ] in items where the vowel precedes a velar consonant ( as noted above ) , and I have sometimes been told that this is affected by RP . |
| 22 | The simple way there as you 've probably been told by your tax officer here is just to reclaim it at the end of the tax year . |
| 23 | Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you 've just been told to p … off by an embittered pedestrian . |
| 24 | Your back was patted ( not stabbed ) and you 've just been told to invest some company money in some brand new metal . |
| 25 | You 've just been told that you are to take over the job of manager for O A Z Company Limited . |
| 26 | You 've already been told once . |
| 27 | You 've obviously been told |
| 28 | Yeah you 've always been told you 've always been told that they are . |
| 29 | Yeah you 've always been told you 've always been told that they are . |
| 30 | If you have just been told that your child has HIV , and if this was unexpected news , the shock will be overwhelming at first . |