Example sentences of "[prep] [be] told [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelly stood up , walked slowly towards Broom-Parker and knelt before his chair like a child about to be told a fireside story . |
| 2 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
| 3 | He did not even wait to be told the subject of the phone call . |
| 4 | The señora now arrives to be told the story . |
| 5 | In Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 the Court of Appeal decided that when a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence for murder had not been recommended for release by the local review committee or the Parole Board , before his next review he was not entitled to be told the reasons for the board 's decision . |
| 6 | But , so far as I can judge of the matter , I should think that in the interests of the man himself — as a human being facing indefinite detention — it would be better for him to be told the reasons . |
| 7 | ‘ That must have cost a pretty penny , ’ Mickey Aronson declared , not really expecting to be told the price . |
| 8 | He handed the plastic bag to the white-coated technician and asked to be told the moment the fingerprints were identified . |
| 9 | I do not understand how it can be against commercial interests to be told the selling price . |
| 10 | Grandparents Billy , 80 , and 72-year-old Irene were called away from her bedside in the psychiatric unit at Liverpool 's Broad Green Hospital to be told the news which could signal the end of Rachel 's £5,000-a-day career . |
| 11 | John and Maureen took their first-ever fortnight 's holiday in their 16 years in the Harrow and returned to be told the Benskin 's board had rejected the plan to turn the pub over to management . |
| 12 | The ‘ Princess ’ then asked to be told the names of the three expectant mothers . |
| 13 | After his last visit , he had gone to her and begged to be told the truth . |
| 14 | Trainer 's wife , best friend — either way , she had to be told the truth . |
| 15 | They are like patients , who , suspecting that something is seriously wrong , steadfastly refuse to see a doctor in the hope that their troubles will clear up without the need to be told the truth about themselves or undergo painful treatment . |
| 16 | Most people want to be told the truth , and to be given a clear lead towards the action needed for recovery . ’ |
| 17 | The second truism is one I shall need to answer the question : why should we want to be told the truth ? |
| 18 | And that — a learnable correlation — is also the main thing we need in order to be told the truth . |
| 19 | He deserved to be told the truth to his face . |
| 20 | Sa so , in time you hope to get sufficiently accepted erm to be told the truth or in fact , a bit nearer the truth . |