Example sentences of "to [be] told the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not even wait to be told the subject of the phone call . |
| 2 | The señora now arrives to be told the story . |
| 3 | ‘ That must have cost a pretty penny , ’ Mickey Aronson declared , not really expecting to be told the price . |
| 4 | He handed the plastic bag to the white-coated technician and asked to be told the moment the fingerprints were identified . |
| 5 | I do not understand how it can be against commercial interests to be told the selling price . |
| 6 | Grandparents Billy , 80 , and 72-year-old Irene were called away from her bedside in the psychiatric unit at Liverpool 's Broad Green Hospital to be told the news which could signal the end of Rachel 's £5,000-a-day career . |
| 7 | After his last visit , he had gone to her and begged to be told the truth . |
| 8 | Trainer 's wife , best friend — either way , she had to be told the truth . |
| 9 | They are like patients , who , suspecting that something is seriously wrong , steadfastly refuse to see a doctor in the hope that their troubles will clear up without the need to be told the truth about themselves or undergo painful treatment . |
| 10 | Most people want to be told the truth , and to be given a clear lead towards the action needed for recovery . ’ |
| 11 | The second truism is one I shall need to answer the question : why should we want to be told the truth ? |
| 12 | And that — a learnable correlation — is also the main thing we need in order to be told the truth . |
| 13 | He deserved to be told the truth to his face . |
| 14 | Sa so , in time you hope to get sufficiently accepted erm to be told the truth or in fact , a bit nearer the truth . |