Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] have been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , I only say perhaps , I promise nothing , ’ he said , throwing his purse carelessly from one hand to another , ‘ perhaps I have been told to give you a present when you lose your apprentice . ’ |
| 2 | I AM a handsome ( so I have been told ) 40-year-old man . |
| 3 | However much you have been told , you may still come across problems when you first join a Home . |
| 4 | Now they have been told to restore normal services ‘ without delay ’ , but no deadline is stipulated . |
| 5 | On the surface of his mind lies the contrast between a trivial though tormenting fear and a monstrous scheme ; and beneath that contrast appears a positive contradiction : for a few sentences earlier we have been told ‘ He was not really afraid of any landlady ’ . |
| 6 | This is a wide er feeling and er a feeling of great anger er because only recently we have been told the truth of how this money was used . |