Example sentences of "and being tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer is then trained to become an expert in medical diagnosis in exactly the same way as a medical student : by being presented with lots of case histories , and being told what the correct diagnosis is . |
| 2 | I was always running up against her and being told that I had a shoelace undone , or my buttons needed polishing , or my hair was touching my collar , Airwoman ! |
| 3 | Walsh was ecstatic : now the paper was looking far beyond the Right-On supporters ' group and being told what he had always wanted to believe — there was a large group of solid working-class people fed up with the frivolity in the existing tabloids . |
| 4 | To this it might be objected that one learns the meaning of ‘ blue ’ through seeing blue things and being told they are blue ; learning the meaning of the word is a matter of attaching a word to the look of something ; the look is basic . |
| 5 | That sounds rather like being shown an impressively beautiful palace and being told that no one is quite sure whether its foundations rest on bedrock or shifting sand . |
| 6 | I costed this on the basis of staff receiving standard wages and being told on their contract that they would work 30 hours , to cover 24 hours a day . |
| 7 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 8 | Johnson dwells on McQueen 's diction , complimenting him upon it and being told in return that the man had ‘ learned it by grammar ’ , and Johnson goes on to contemplate that such good English must have been acquired while such people served in the armed forces . |
| 9 | He remembers asking Control why he was not also given a Thomas Leavy passport , and being told that , as there was enough time for him to go through normal channels to get one , a legitimate passport was always a safer bet . |
| 10 | stories — telling and being told |
| 11 | A bit like asking what heaven 's like and being told you have to die first . |