Example sentences of "what she [verb] [been] told " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggie went away thinking about what she had been told and she confided in Nellie Tanner once more . |
| 2 | It was what she had been told by the sisters at the convent . |
| 3 | Peering through the wrought iron barrier she watched the nuns file into their stalls , wondering why there was a screen separating what she had been told was the sanctuary from the rest of the chapel . |
| 4 | Then , suddenly , just as Joanna was nodding a dubious assent , the full force of what she had been told hit her like a thunderbolt . |
| 5 | She pulled herself together with an effort , trying to remember what she 'd been told about wine-tasting , holding the glass carefully by the stem , and sniffing delicately . |
| 6 | Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ? |