Example sentences of "[be] told [conj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then she has abandoned her contact lens in favour of glasses , having been told that in time her sight will return to normal . |
| 2 | Anne thought Helen was right and Maureen said that she had been told when in hospital that patients often had remission in the disease their mother suffered . |
| 3 | He maintained that the rule was an essential concomitant of the poll tax because it was a personal tax , yet we are told that in respect of the council tax , which is also , at least as to 50 per cent. , a personal tax , there is no difficulty in doing away with the 20 per cent . |
| 4 | Tottenham were furious and protested to the League , only to be told that under wartime regulations it was perfectly in order . |
| 5 | Lessees are sometimes astonished to be told that in spite of obtaining planning permission with their landlord 's knowledge , they still require his consent and if he is not inclined to give it , the means of getting him to agree can be difficult , slow and expensive . |
| 6 | When we said we could not recall the SoS intervening to revise county estimates of population growth downwards ( although he had just intervened to revise Gwynedd 's upwards ) we were told that of course Mr Hunt shares the counties ' desire for growth and expansion . |
| 7 | There they were told that under Transfer of Undertakings regulations , Arkells had no right to dismiss them . |
| 8 | We were told that in winter when the lake is frozen , a large part is kept ice-free by directing water from the town 's hot water supply , and even the wild whooper swans come in to take advantage of the food offered . |
| 9 | But the inquest was told that at night on B wing there was just one prison officer in charge of 120 inmates . |
| 10 | When she concentrated , urging a reply , she was certain she was told that in return for her promise the facts of the last week would be altered , that yes , of course , a miracle was possible . |