Example sentences of "was told [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank Sinatra was told at the weekend that the four pasta sauces named after him are being withdrawn . |
| 2 | I was told at the Bar that in section 25 application cases hearsay evidence was regarded in some family proceedings courts as not admissible . |
| 3 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 4 | I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery , |
| 5 | The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited . |
| 6 | I was told of the story by a friend who knew the old platelayer who we shall call Fred . |
| 7 | In Mordauntt v. British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd. ( 1910 K.B. ) the seller was told of the sub-sale by the buyer only after it had been made . |
| 8 | After his sensational ( and bloodthirsty ? ) triumph over the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel , he was told of the threat to his life by Ahab 's foreign queen Jezebel , and decided to flee down to the desert around Mount Sinai , the home of many prophets and a place of pilgrimage for many more . |
| 9 | When he was told of the hierarchy 's opposition to any bill of this kind , Dr Browne , himself secularly inclined , submitted his proposals and arguments to the hierarchy for approval , just as a previous Health Minister , Dr Walsh , had consulted Archbishop McQuaid on a similar matter in 1946 . |
| 10 | ‘ My husband went to register him and was told of the tree offer . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd be amazed how many workers are prepared to offload their problems during the witching hour , ’ he said when he was told of the project . |
| 12 | There had been little dispute about anything else Thorfinn had wanted to do since the day he was told of the fighting in Lothian . |
| 13 | Mother-of-two Lesley Adams , 28 , gassed herself in her car at her Plymouth home , hours after she was told of the allegation by her boss . |
| 14 | Scott was told of the effect of Ruskin 's intervention over Freeman 's letter in The Times by George Dasent , the assistant editor , which coupled with the tone of the letter to Dallas ensured that by late 1859 there was a complete breach between Scott and Ruskin . |
| 15 | She was told of the importance of completing the course , even though her cellulitis appeared to be improving . |
| 16 | Referee Bob Nixon was told of the outburst and immediately showed the red card to the big target man . |
| 17 | The story of how the convalescent David Stirling got his proposal into the hands of General Auchinleck was told to the journalist Virginia Cowles in 1958 , and is based on Stirling 's memory of events not too long after they occurred . |
| 18 | When we arrived at King 's Cross I was told for the sake of reality I must find my own way to the Savoy Hotel , although the film crew would be close by in case of emergency . |
| 19 | David 's eldest son Richard , nine , was told on the day of his Nativity play at school . |
| 20 | ‘ He did n't like none of it , so he sort of copped out , gave up eating one fine day , till he could n't stand up no more , could n't do what he was told on the airfield . |
| 21 | I would say from the point where I was told on the radio that the officers were entering the premises to the point where I was told everybody was secured , could not be more than four five minutes . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ I want to know from the Chancellor why the Ministerial rules were not observed ; why the Law Officers were not informed immediately of the legal action which cost the taxpayer £4,700 ; whether the Prime Minister was consulted as the rules suggest he should be — and whether the permanent secretary to the Treasury was told about the source of the gift of the £18,000 . ’ |
| 23 | His father was told about the accident , and he arrived at the scene quickly enough to accompany Guy to hospital in the ambulance . |
| 24 | She 'd gone into labour when she was told about the Antelope , and Martin was born about a month premature . |
| 25 | You know , I was told about the bogie man , but the bogie man , I now know , did n't , did n't , did n't , did n't exist . |
| 26 | So he would still stay there because he was told about the weather . |
| 27 | How generous he was to acknowledge his own defeat , when he asked one of his rivals -Parrhasius — to draw back the curtain and unveil the portrait underneath , and was told by the artist that the curtain itself was painted . |
| 28 | Branson was warned by another member of the party that this would not go down well and , sure enough , was told by the butler the following morning that he was no longer welcome . |
| 29 | At school I was told by the matron that I would die if I continued to lose weight . |
| 30 | Here too are the baths where the crippled are immersed , and a line of taps providing water from the source that Bernadette was told by the Virgin to drink from . |