Example sentences of "tell [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Possibly world war III was brewing up in Nicaragua — he mentioned that to North , though North doubted it , thought the Russians would never fight for the place — and here was he , O'Boyle , being told about the innermost strategic details . |
| 32 | Again we were told about the unjustified actions of the British Army in shooting these men . |
| 33 | SINCE news broke of his secret love affair with Annie Murphy , tales about Eamonn Casey , the former Bishop of Galway rival those told about the unfrocked Vicar of Bray . |
| 34 | They believed that for once the truth should be told about the difficult life Diana has led and , for the most part , still leads . |
| 35 | How much the meeting was told about the previous shipments to Iran is unclear but it is hard to believe that those present were not aware of them . |
| 36 | President F.W. de Klerk 's chief negotiator at the talks on South Africa 's new constitution had not been told about the pre-dawn raids . |
| 37 | Michael 's sister Susan Priestley , 39 , said last night : ‘ We were told after the last appeal that this one was n't likely to succeed but we live in hope . ’ |
| 38 | A BRAVE neighbour today told of the desperate efforts to save a family from a Ballymena house fire in which a six-year-old girl died . |
| 39 | A court in Cleveland , Ohio was told of the extraordinary inventiveness , not to mention athleticism , that coloured the sex life of Dr David Love and his wife Virginia who , on at least three occasions , made love hanging from a window of their fourth floor apartment . |
| 40 | Monckton , when brought into the meeting of ministers ( it was not a full Cabinet ) to be told of the adverse decision , said that it might delay matters by weeks . |
| 41 | She was not told of the foster mother 's application for leave to apply for a residence order and knew nothing about it until after leave had been granted . |
| 42 | Mr Endara was told of the planned attack , and asked for his support , which he apparently granted , saying that he was ready to become the new leader if the US could topple the Noriega regime . |
| 43 | This gentleman was told of the deplorable state of the lady and the even worse state of her husband , and he recommended the couple to Samuel Young . |
| 44 | However , many of my colleagues were a little concerned that they were being told of the final outcome , but nothing on the short term effects . ’ |
| 45 | In due course , the company informed their financial advisers of the new arrangement and agreed that in the circumstances , proper practice dictated that D be told of the new development . |
| 46 | He had known of the death of Oleg Demyonov , he had been told of the Soviet retaliation , he had been informed of the visit by the Consul to Lefortovo gaol . |
| 47 | In the morning Bicker was ill-tempered when he was told of the latest addition to the company , but Ratagan was pleased . |
| 48 | Tourism attraction operators in Cheshire will be told of the latest developments in home and overseas marketing at a forum this month . |
| 49 | Staff were called to a special meeting last night to be told of the proposed changes . |
| 50 | So it was a very happy Pow-wow the next week , when Trusty told of the exciting thing that had happened and that the Pack would be able to meet every week in Farmer Olinton 's loft . |
| 51 | When told of the forthcoming marriage between Lydia and Tobias , Jonadab expressed his amazement . |
| 52 | They were both told of the lengthy queues when they rang to take children there for aid . |
| 53 | 1 to 2 pm : The rest of the Cabinet is told of the impending statement . |
| 54 | Because none of the men formally lodged complaints , the authority was not told of the three extra cases until after Mr Dear 's purge . |
| 55 | After Munich in a very short year we were at war , and by all accounts it was a very different manner of acceptance of war than we are told of the 1914 war . |
| 56 | Every technical device and dramatic trick was blatantly obvious this time through , and yet there was still a lot of delight , not from smug recognition of prize kitsch , but for a good yarn well told with the perfect characterisation of Albert Sharpe in the title role . |
| 57 | The tale is told with the utmost economy , as if nothing unusual was taking place . |
| 58 | Mike said : ‘ I was n't told in the nicest of manners . |
| 59 | Indeed , Clara knew from first hand experience the moral truth of the story told in The Golden Windows about the house with the golden windows , for she had once admired from a friend 's house the whole dazzling , distant , smoky lay-out of her own hillside . |
| 60 | In the school , I was told in the First Aid that you could always tell a fractured femur ( which happened with elderly women as a rule ) . |