Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] told that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Ministry of Defence has denied negligence , although Mr Ferrante has been told that RAF rules governing training at Brize Norton have been changed .
2 She has been told that members of the Lords are permitted to use the facilities provided by the Commons — the bar , the library , etc — and trot up and down the Commons corridors .
3 BANBRIDGE Council has been told that anglers have given up fishing at Loughbrickland Lake because the fish stock has been completely destroyed by cormorants .
4 The jury at his trial at Bristol Crown Court has been told that Hagans watched the offices where Mrs McGurk worked from behind the bars of his prison cell before he was granted bail.The court has been told that after the murder , he tried to sell the victim 's wedding ring .
5 A mass meeting of council workers has been told that redundancies are unavoidable .
6 An inquest has been told that staff failed to realise the scale of the injuries and later found the woman dead in her bed .
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