Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [be] told " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following story has been told on more than one occasion : |
| 2 | The pathetic story has been told , as far as it can now be known , in Mrs Spurling 's book , but an element of mystery remains . |
| 3 | The story has been told by Kate Salway : " Martin Cleaver was watching HMS ANTELOPE in " Bomb Alley " , San Carlos Bay , East Falkland on May 25th , 1982 , from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary STROMNESS about half a mile away . |
| 4 | A LABOUR front-bencher has been told he can not marry his bride in the House of Commons crypt because they are both Roman Catholic . |
| 5 | Hauser has been told he can negotiate his own move away from the second division club . |
| 6 | Unlucky 17-year-old Simon Sterritt from Newry has been told he will never sit behind the wheel of the vehicle — because he was too young to enter the competition in the first place . |
| 7 | The Ministry of Defence has denied negligence , although Mr Ferrante has been told that RAF rules governing training at Brize Norton have been changed . |
| 8 | British Aerospace has been told it will not have to repay more than forty-four million pounds in sweeteners from the Government given as an incentive to clinch the Rover purchase deal . |
| 9 | A disabled pensioner has been told she ca n't travel by train to visit relatives this Christmas — because her wheelchair 's too big . |
| 10 | Alan McLeary 's proposed £400,000 transfer to Wimbledon following a six-match loan period has been called off because Dons manager Joe Kinnear has been told he must sell first . |
| 11 | Mr Ritchie has been told by legal counsel that this new evidence in their opinion provides substantial grounds for Mr Lang to order a retrial or a full reinvestigation of the case , but assessment of the appeal documents is at an early stage . |
| 12 | Northants ' Rhodesian-born allrounder Kevin Curran has been told by the TCCB that he must wait until Oct 1994 before becoming England-qualified for registration purposes . |
| 13 | The jury in the David Nock murder trial has been told that the accused man showed off the alleged murder weapon to his workmates . |
| 14 | Two Castles Housing Association has been told it will not receive funding to build a block of flats for pensioners on the Court Arcade site in Darlington during the current financial year . |
| 15 | Fr Cunningham has been told that whenever he feels he has had enough he can retire to the house he 's living in . |
| 16 | Mrs Falconer has been told that her post as senior lecturer can no longer be funded by the new university . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Mrs Wranklin has been told she does n't need to pay up . |
| 18 | A church organist has been told not to play low notes because it could damage the spire . |
| 19 | A stall holder who 's been selling fruit and veg for the last eighteen months has been told he 's no longer allowed to sell the vegetables . |
| 20 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 21 | If the child has been told in advance that sweets and toys are not going to be bought this warns the child that tantrums will not work . |
| 22 | The Queen has been told that she is not to summon anybody to form a Government until she has heard who the new Leader is . |
| 23 | Gloucestershire county council has been told to cut its budget by ten million pounds and is one of only three councils in the country to be capped . |
| 24 | The Racial Equality Council has been told it could lose its grant , leaving it 's six staff facing redundancy . |
| 25 | BANBRIDGE Council has been told that anglers have given up fishing at Loughbrickland Lake because the fish stock has been completely destroyed by cormorants . |
| 26 | One of the students has been in prison and the council has been told it is unlikely that his overpayment can be recovered . |
| 27 | A man who 's had a smiling face painted on his satellite dish has been told he 's got to cover it up . |
| 28 | McHale has been told that he must put together a side capable of reaching at least the play-offs next season . |
| 29 | A woman who has shivered through two winters and still faced large gas bills has been told the wrong meter was being read . |
| 30 | THE common ground between the world 's faiths is much more important than the differences , the Londonderry Baha'i Community has been told . |