Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] been told " in BNC.

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1 He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association .
2 He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally .
3 Coun Len Douglass said : ‘ He has obviously been told to stay away by the Labour group but he was there in a civic capacity and I find it very sad . ’
4 The couple discovered that residents just outside the canvassed area had written to Shepherd & Wedderburn , complaining , though Mr Clark says he has never been told their identities .
5 Let us imagine , as the first dawning of objective thought , a child wanting another helping at dinner , remembering what it is like to be sick , and telling himself what he has often been told by his mother , ‘ Do n't , or you 'll be ill ’ .
6 Scott could n't see the name painted along one side of it but he 'd already been told it was called The Abbott .
7 His superior was baffled , unsure of the validity and import of what he had just been told .
8 The Purchaser wants to know that when he takes control of the Business at Completion , it accords with what he had previously been told .
9 Wilson , of Low Moor , Darlington , told the court he had previously been told by police that the knife was not an offensive weapon .
10 Wickham said this tallied with what he had already been told , but it was undisputed that the old Adler currently on Tavett 's desk was usually there .
11 He was sitting , moreover , where he had often been told not to sit .
12 Dierdriu was still seated on the High Throne , watching him , and Fergus knew a quick anticipation , and thought : is she about to tell me the truth about my birth ? and was both intrigued and apprehensive , for he had never been told anything of his true parents .
13 He had never been told what to do by a designer before .
14 ‘ Thirty-five , he is , and he 's just been told he 's not got long to live .
15 For Jason , he must have done well on the video excercise , he 's just been told he can follow in his father 's footsteps and join West Mercia Police .
16 For Jason , he must have done well on the video excercise , he 's just been told he can follow in his father 's footsteps and join West Mercia Police .
17 ‘ It wo n't be announced for a week or so , but he 's already been told .
18 He 's already been told to make other arrangements — and that 's a shame .
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