Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] tell [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | E actually yours made me think of a story that I was told many years ago on a coach trip over Dartmoor |
| 2 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 3 | I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with And , but I was told that English had changed since the time of King James , In that case , I argued , why make us read the Bible ? |
| 4 | Strachan said : ‘ It came as a big surprise when I was told six weeks ago my name was being put forward . |
| 5 | I put my name on the list with everyone else , but was absolutely dumbfounded when I was told one day that it had come up , along with that of one of the other Waafs , and if we wanted to go we were to report to RAF Wyton at 10.00 hours the next day . |
| 6 | When I was told this , I recalled hearing it said , back in the 1930s , that these visits had been observed by a young writer or two who , out of rather callous curiosity , would follow Eliot at a discreet distance , and observe him to turn round , as he approached the door , in order to see whether anybody had been spying on him . |