Example sentences of "[was/were] told [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were woken up at 5.30 am , and Alex and I were told to go over to the kitchens to fetch the breakfast . |
| 2 | After a fortnight we were told to go down to the airfield for a possible lift into Assam , but often refugees went in the morning but were back in the evening as the planes were so busy taking out wounded soldiers . |
| 3 | Furthermore , they were told to point out to the mother that LGS would not reduce the output of stool from the sick child , but was meant to prevent the dehydration associated with the diarrhoea . |
| 4 | On 16th December 1991 , the building societies and bank bosses were called in by the Government for an emergency briefing and were told to come back in two days with solutions . |
| 5 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
| 6 | A second controlled explosion was carried out at 10.55pm and people were told to stay up to a mile away from the scene . |
| 7 | He was told to go up to Cambridge , despite a shortfall of £60 in his funds , and that his college would do its utmost to ensure that he could carry on with his studies . |
| 8 | I was told to go off to work . |
| 9 | The nearest I 've come to being arrested in the line of duty was when I was told to go out onto the streets , microphone in hand , and smile at people . |
| 10 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 11 | That leaves many at the mercy of landlords in a tough market … like this young woman who was told to get out after falling one week behind with her rent . |
| 12 | Jakki had just returned from an idyllic holiday in America ( more of which in a moment ) when she was told to get back on a plane because the Material girl had finally agreed to give an interview on Radio One . |
| 13 | Jill returned in the spring of 1974 and was told to look around for a suitable site . |
| 14 | I was told to look out for a redstart at the next bend , its black face and chestnut tail showing for brief moments as it darted into the open , out and back , fly catching . |
| 15 | But when I enquired about the location of the Waaf Site , I was told to climb back on the wagon . |
| 16 | Tony Deane was told to fuck off by members of the ANL . |