Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [was/were] tell that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where we were told that we were not what our ancestors were . |
| 2 | How would you allocate the treatments to the plants if you were told that the temperature gradient along the bench was |
| 3 | If we were told that the interviewer used a tape-recorder , or that he was an expert shorthand writer , then we would know how these word-for-word quotations were made possible . |
| 4 | ‘ We can not part from the argument without expressing our belief that some trial judges would be troubled if they were told that their view , unguided as it is by any established practice and expressed in confidence , was to be determinate of the period to be served by a prisoner . |
| 5 | Or if they were told that they could n't get so and so , that was it . |
| 6 | ‘ Until they were told that Stephen himself had already been crowned . |
| 7 | Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’ |
| 8 | That 's a true statement because I was told that by |
| 9 | My word but you were n't frightened of him because you were told that he was an old man and one of the road men of the road . |
| 10 | Although that is not this case , I have done so both because we were told that it would be helpful to all those concerned with the treatment of minors and also perhaps the minors themselves and because it seems to be a logical base from which to proceed to consider the powers of the court and how they should be exercised . |
| 11 | That is because they were told that it would not happen . |
| 12 | A REGRETFUL telephone call from the bank on a September morning last year announced the end of Sparks an hour after I was told that a crane had fallen on to Wren 's St James , Garlickhythe ; it was a day of numbing disaster . |
| 13 | The board yesterday decided to close 11 of its 77 community clinics after it was told that studies had shown that doctors ' practices were taking on responsibility for child health surveillance . |
| 14 | Paul Mardon 's hopes of clinching a dream £1 million move from Birmingham City to Liverpool have been dealt a major blow after he was told that he needs surgery on an ankle ligament injury . |
| 15 | The coroner adjourned the inquest after he was told that Mrs Probyn 's husband Jonathan had been charged with her murder . |
| 16 | When I was told that I 'd have to share a kitchen and bathroom with strangers I could n't help thinking how this would astound the people at home , how they would snort with laughter at the idea that this could really happen in England , mother of civilization . |
| 17 | Flying and owning a rare World War Two aircraft is a serious business , although the funny side of life does occasionally come to light , as Lindsey related to FlyPast : ‘ I was preparing to fly to an airshow , when I was told that the fuel bowser at Duxford had somehow got water in it , rendering the fuel useless . |
| 18 | The duchess flew into a rage when she was told that the Queen had person ally ruled that she and children Beatrice and Eugenie should stay at Wood Farm on the edge of salt marshes in the village of Wolferton , Norfolk . |
| 19 | She had assumed , when she was told that Mills ' murder had been checked thoroughly for any spying connections , that the enquiry had at least had the semblance of efficiency , if not diligence . |
| 20 | In the spring we were all working hard to prepare for the June exams , when we were told that for that year , because of the war , examinations would be abolished . |
| 21 | When they were told that he was still at lunch , Morton thought that Bragg would explode , but he controlled himself and settled for a middle-aged assistant . |
| 22 | It was also reported that another four deputies had resigned their seats when they were told that they would be identified by the commission . |
| 23 | She was with the family when they were told that his body had been found and has tried to help them through their grief . |
| 24 | On two occasions , once in 1980 and once in 1982 , the DTI failed to act when it was told that Barlow Clowes was apparently dealing in investments without a licence . |
| 25 | When he was told that what he had said was all very well but a bit negative , he fell back on the 13 wasted years that he has been in opposition . |
| 26 | When he was told that transfer between schools would be possible , and that schools would be encouraged to have a common but diverse curriculum for all eleven-to-thirteen-year-olds , Butler said that he felt ‘ much comforted ’ . |