Example sentences of "[vb past] been told of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the day before the I Love Lucy St Patrick 's Day , she 'd been told of a good job with the British Council in the Gilbert Islands . |
| 2 | His grandfather had been a master baker and , in one of the many family stories Mark had heard at his grandfather 's knee , he had been told of how his great-grandfather had served Benjamin Disraeli with a standing daily order of twelve French loaves , burnt and rasped . |
| 3 | I said I understood this , but did not add that I had been told of the beauty of these women and their attention to make-up , of their fine skin and care for the traditional in their clothes and way of life . |
| 4 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 5 | Three Mutawas had been told of the indignation from the foreign community and they stood with the armed guards at the entry of the delivery theatre to ensure that no sympathetic foreigner assisted the girl to escape . |
| 6 | He had known of the death of Oleg Demyonov , he had been told of the Soviet retaliation , he had been informed of the visit by the Consul to Lefortovo gaol . |
| 7 | Thackeray had been told of the death and of the anatomical examination after it was all over and he had spoken ‘ with warmth and sharpness ’ to Mr. Leech . |
| 8 | The haste with which Adobe urged Sun to ink the contract — Ybarra says he was was collecting signatures late into the evening out at Sun 's Mountain View headquarters — is thought to have alienated Sun 's SunPics print division which apparently wanted no part of a deal that it had been told of only days beforehand ( UX No 405 ) . |
| 9 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
| 10 | She had been told of the event and sent back ‘ a really beautiful letter , ’ says John . |