Example sentences of "[was/were] told [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were told to wait in the hall for the time being , until it was decided what should be done with them . |
| 2 | We were told to turn off the lights , turn off anything making a noise and talk to him quietly . |
| 3 | ‘ The girls were told to withdraw from the training college . |
| 4 | After passing the information to our shore controls we were told to call off the operation and return to Southampton . |
| 5 | The mini-bus had already collected him and we were told to return to the start to meet the mini-bus and return to the lodge . |
| 6 | ( At one conference delegates were told to talk at the floor because Special Branch had hi-tech microphones trained on the windows to catch the sound-waves . ) |
| 7 | We were told to climb to the top of the mountain behind the farmhouse . |
| 8 | ANTI-apartheid supporters around the world were told to prepare for the lifting of international sanctions against South Africa during an African National Congress conference yesterday . |
| 9 | The union was recognized by the FA , but when it affiliated to the Federation of Trade Unions , recognition was withdrawn and players were told to resign from the union or be banned from football . |
| 10 | Whilst they were doing five shows a day and rehearsing at the Paramount , they were told to double at the Lido . |
| 11 | The Rex/Olympia doubling soon finished but before they could relax to a comparatively simple regime of five shows a day , they were told to double at the Paramount . |
| 12 | Teams of journalists , just about to go home around l0 p.m. , were told to work through the night as fresh editions were prepared for issue as late as S a.m . |
| 13 | I was told to go to the telephone . |
| 14 | So I was told to go to the dermatologist . |
| 15 | And within er a week I was told to go into the dry part , handling , in the buffing shop . |
| 16 | At length we were called to an ante-room , where he was told to strip to the waist and wait . |
| 17 | Everybody else was told to move to the neighbouring countries of Jordan , Syria , Egypt and Lebanon . |
| 18 | After this I was told to sit by the fire beside my benefactor . |
| 19 | I had been planning to go to the Nurburgring for testing the day after the race , but I was told to return to the factory and stop the new car I was building . |
| 20 | another one he had during his work and he says straight away look I was put to work splitting wood , do you see that in the , paragraph on the right hand side , the next day I was told to report to the dairy barns to help milk cows , then he worked in the garden , he also took care of the bees , harvested honey for the family , then in nineteen fifty three I was transferred to the cheese making farm , now here 's a spiritual brother thinking he 's going into the battle to do all sorts of spiritual things , and yet these were his assignments , there 's a lesson here for you and I . |
| 21 | Katya had been moved into a small room near the kitchens , which she shared with Esmereldi , and she was told to cook for the soldiers . |
| 22 | I took up my position near Dod as it was preferable to having my ear down the muzzle of Chase 's tuba and Martin was told to hang over the back of the truck as best he could . |
| 23 | When she went to South Africa on holiday she deliberately stood in the queue designated for " blacks " at the Post Office counter , and left in disgust when she was told to queue in the area reserved for whites . |
| 24 | Sutton was told to get on the first train from Manchester . |
| 25 | Cranmer was summoned to the royal presence and , though protesting his incompetence , was told to stay at the house of the Earl of Wiltshire , Anne Boleyn 's father . |
| 26 | Parry leader Major D'Aubuisson , termed a " pathological killer " by US Ambassador Robert White , headed the intelligence division of the National Guard before he was told to resign after the October 1979 coup . |