Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been told [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following story has been told on more than one occasion : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One woman who wanted to wear a sari had been told by her husband ‘ who do you think you are — Mrs Gandhi ? |
| 9 | The 20 groups of Tory MPs asked by Margaret Thatcher last year to write policy papers for the next manifesto have been told to hand in their work to Number Ten by the end of the month . |
| 10 | The vast majority of golfers have been told at one time or another how important the legs are in the game of golf . |
| 11 | ‘ Jackson has been told by the specialist how close he came to losing an eye . |
| 12 | However , one farm which has only young 1992 fish has been told by its bankers that they do not believe the fish will ever be accepted for sale , even if tested clean , because of the public perception of the oil spill . |
| 13 | The conference had been told on Dec. 5 that some 780 million people in the world 's developing countries had insufficient food for their daily needs , that 190 million children aged under five suffered from malnutrition [ see this page for UNICEF report ] , and that up to 2,000 million people were suffering less serious dietary shortages . |
| 14 | The Springbok side to face a powerful England B at Bristol have been told by coach John Williams that if they fulfil his expectations , they will face the Five Nations champions on Saturday . |
| 15 | THREE women widowed in the Gulf war have been told by Government officials that they will not set aside money from the publicly-donated Gulf Trust to help them with an education fund for their children . |
| 16 | On quite a number of occasions ethnographers have been told by their informants that : " we marry our enemies " . |
| 17 | But would the story have been told in quite the same way if I had been black , or a woman , or nearer their own age and social background ? |
| 18 | THE Conservative-controlled Stirling District has been told by the local MP , Michael Forsyth , that he is horrified at the way in which the council has handled a housing matter . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | All the soldiers who served in Bosnia have been told about the possibility of developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the atrocities they have seen . |
| 21 | The Government has been told by the former Lord-Justice General that its appointment of temporary judges in Scotland 's courts could lead to miscarriages of justice . |
| 22 | The US government has been told by congressional investigators that it is responsible for cleaning up possibly hundreds of thousands of publicly-owned environmentally hazardous sites , at a cost of billions of dollars . |
| 23 | Valya Schooling has been told by Ukraine government officials that she can become owner of the 6,000-acre property confiscated from her family after the Russian Revolution . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
| 27 | In Bucharest Dalby had been told by a totally reliable source that Ion Manescu , brutal Securitate chief , was alive . |
| 28 | Thus , although the US had been told by the French not only that there was no question of the ‘ reconquest ’ of Indo-China but that it was also doubtful that France had the military strength to accomplish it , they were also invited to believe , by the French , that Ho was in direct contact with Moscow and was receiving advice and instructions from the Soviets . |
| 29 | Collinson had been told by John Bartram of his son 's artistic talent : ‘ Botany and drawing are his darling delight … |
| 30 | Mrs Thatcher 's been told to shut-up by her former press secretary . |