Example sentences of "is tell [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story is told of Guru Nanak that even as a boy he argued that the ancient Hindu ceremony of tying on the sacred thread did not prevent men from acting wrongly . |
| 2 | Murder trial is told of obsession with student |
| 3 | Henry II 's mistress , is told by CD in A Child 's History of England : ‘ It relates how the King doted on fair Rosamond … and how he had a beautiful Bower built for her in a Park at Woodstock ; and how it was erected in a labyrinth , and could only be found by a clue of silk . |
| 4 | The country 's painful recent history is told in film , arts and craft displays and music , the latter supplied by a band led by Aziz Herawi , playing rubab and dutar ( stringed instruments ) . |
| 5 | ‘ No , ’ she is told in reply . |
| 6 | This story , which deserves attention and is in some ways unique , is told in Chapter 7 . |