Example sentences of "be told [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been told nothing about the time of year , but for the purposes of the story we must assume that the rains have come , and the waters are high and fast , even though the women and children have got across safely enough . |
| 2 | As Burnett had been told nothing about the MI6 operation , he simply rejected Kotov 's complaint as a typical piece of Russian propaganda . |
| 3 | If he had been told nothing about the terms of his release , then probably it was Artai 's doing . |
| 4 | That , in itself , was not unusual ; but for once he had been told nothing of the reason for the meeting . |
| 5 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 6 | The other thing I was slightly concerned about it , if it 's a slight digression is the fact that the people at the Lyceum at the Assembly Hall last Saturday did n't know , had n't been told anything about the equipment |
| 7 | But the families say they have still not been told anything by the health authority . |
| 8 | We are told nothing about the heir he instituted . |
| 9 | No true blue inhabitant of Paradise Street or Mouncy Street ever needed to be told anything from the police ; they had ways of finding out . ) |
| 10 | Subject presumes perceived er speaker as pr prestigious and authoritative and they perceived that there might be future interaction with him perceived his speech is more similar to their own than subjects who were told nothing about the speaker . |