Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] been told [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Bucharest Dalby had been told by a totally reliable source that Ion Manescu , brutal Securitate chief , was alive . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the poor actors who are facing long stints on the Costa Eldorado have been told by the BBC that if they want to come home on breaks or holidays , they will have to pay their own fare . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher 's been told to shut-up by her former press secretary . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Darlington police have been told about the vandalism and yesterday an officer went to interview Miss Golightly . |
| 10 | BIG GUN PAUL Merson has been told by Arsenal boss George Graham to lose some weight , so he 's given up his beloved crisps . |
| 11 | John Major has been told by constitutional lawyers that he could ignore Parliament and use the royal prerogative to sign the treaty bill if he faced the prospect of defeat . |