Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [adv] tell that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I AM reliably told that the AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION has eventually accepted the tour itinerary of Ireland and Wales as initially suggested . |
| 2 | I am repeatedly told that all the fuss is being caused by a vociferous minority of licensees . |
| 3 | ‘ I am now told that he 's hawking her story around for a six-figure sum , ’ he writes in the 100,000-circulation journal , which is read mainly by journalists , stock-brokers and media personalities . |
| 4 | I 'm also told that we 'll have no problems with the phone calls this week . |
| 5 | This is n't just a ‘ one-off ’ problem , either , because you are specifically told that the Polytechnic has decided to enter the conference market . |
| 6 | And we are also told that there could be a case where the peasantry had no such effect . |
| 7 | We are also told that the lopsided mouth |
| 8 | We are also told that the new Teesdale and Teesside Park developments are in Stockton-on-Tees . |
| 9 | In our day , as mentioned in chapter one , we are sometimes told that the efforts of our statesmen , the voting procedures of our councils , the ethical advances of our humanitarians , are being directed by the Holy Spirit . |
| 10 | We are now told that , having been lied to over the years , the British people now have the prospect of political union , and they react against it and shy away . |
| 11 | Unfortunately the third sentence sends us reeling back to square one in terms of methodological confusion : we are now told that just because Keynes had tried to provide a theoretical underpinning for the concept of involuntary unemployment does not , ipso facto , oblige subsequent theorists to ‘ 'explain ’ the theoretical constructs of our predecessors ' . |
| 12 | We are then told that he is sitting outside the church built to the dedication of Saint Francis ‘ Brother of the poor ’ . |
| 13 | They are often told that gross over-ruddering is needed to spin , but this is not the case . |
| 14 | As children grow older they are usually told that it is ‘ babyish ’ to cry . |