Example sentences of "have [adv] [been] told [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association . |
| 2 | They 'd just been told the George Hotel was n't important enough to be listed , but the protestors vowed to physically stop the demolition team if necessary and it looked as if they had the backing of the Planning Authority . |
| 3 | As they went inside , Jack Smith was roaring with laughter , having just been told an extremely rude story by one of the regulars . |
| 4 | As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts . |
| 5 | Myeloski knew that Duncan had not been told the whole truth . |
| 6 | He explained the British problem to the Germans by saying that the British people had been lied to — they had not been told the truth about what used to be called the Common Market and is now called the European Community . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've just been told the same . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've also been told a prolonged illness can start it and , of course , some dogs just have a weakness . |
| 9 | One of the speakers , Dr Margaret Collinson , wrote to Roy on 17 September to the effect that she had n't been told the venue , date or time of her paper . |
| 10 | ‘ This year we have already been told the reason we have had three surges higher than anticipated was because of the bath-tub effect from closing the Thames barrier , ’ she said . |
| 11 | The problem is compounded by the fact that we have not been told the prices realised by the sale of the NBC 's subsidiary companies . |
| 12 | The British people have not been told the truth about that . |
| 13 | Survivors have always been told the terms of the peace treaty with Japan meant nothing more could be done for them . |
| 14 | I have also been told the same story time and time again . |