Example sentences of "[noun] have [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 The defendant had been told by the police to leave the scene outside a party where he had been swearing and shouting , which he grudgingly did , continuing to use foul language .
21 But the animals had been told to go forth and multiply .
22 The fatal accident inquiry at Ayr had been told by the lawyer for the golf club that the most important way to stop accidental drownings is by education .
23 Frankie had been told to dress in a hurry , and Sweetheart had taken him to the park near the old railway bridge in Horton Park Avenue .
24 One reported that safety inspectors had been told " not to find too many faults " .
25 ( 2 ) Information which was confidential in the sense that the employee had been told it was or because from its character it was obviously so .
26 Lifelong Swindon Town football fans have been told they 'll miss one of the biggest games in the club 's history — because they 're disabled .
27 FARMERS in the south-west have been told to clean up their act or face fines of up to £20,000 .
28 Pupils received a pat on the back for satisfactory learning and community work but heads have been told to review some management and teaching methods .
29 Drivers have been told they should use the A167 route instead .
30 In the same memorandum of April 1986 that eventually brought down the whole house of cards — the memorandum that mentioned the diversion of funds to the contras — an extraordinary phrase appeared : ‘ The Iranians have been told that our presence in Iran is ‘ a holy commitment ’ . ’
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