Example sentences of "[Wh det] she [verb] [been] told " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were ornaments worth many guineas and pictures , however weird they seemed to her , which she had been told were of great artistic merit . |
| 2 | It turned out , after cross examination , that the bottle in question was in fact a bottle of Algizin-P , which she had been told to use to keep her fish healthy . |
| 3 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 4 | Aggie went away thinking about what she had been told and she confided in Nellie Tanner once more . |
| 5 | It was what she had been told by the sisters at the convent . |
| 6 | Peering through the wrought iron barrier she watched the nuns file into their stalls , wondering why there was a screen separating what she had been told was the sanctuary from the rest of the chapel . |
| 7 | Then , suddenly , just as Joanna was nodding a dubious assent , the full force of what she had been told hit her like a thunderbolt . |
| 8 | She pulled herself together with an effort , trying to remember what she 'd been told about wine-tasting , holding the glass carefully by the stem , and sniffing delicately . |
| 9 | Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ? |