Example sentences of "be [adv] told that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A light came on whenever a subject paused for longer than 600 milliseconds , although subjects were merely told that the light indicated when their story-telling was poor . |
| 2 | We were also told that the fire was started in June , and was not expected to be extinguished until the start of the rains , normally in October . |
| 3 | Finally an announcement was made that there was trouble with the rear power car ; we were later told that the train would be terminated at Wolverhampton and a bus laid on to take us to Shrewsbury . |
| 4 | One is constantly told that the difficulty is finding young people to join the voluntary ranks . |
| 5 | This is n't just a ‘ one-off ’ problem , either , because you are specifically told that the Polytechnic has decided to enter the conference market . |