Example sentences of "always [been] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 2 | I am able to examine concepts , she thought , to test values , for I have thought things out , I am not like my sister who bakes and cleans and shops and irons , and goes from day to day , never realising what her mind might discover , content to accept what has always been told her , without a doubt . |
| 3 | And , besides , I had always been told that self-pity was despicable . |
| 4 | Now , I mean , we 've always been told that this is , been an efficient run County Council , and that the the scope for making savings is just not there . |
| 5 | Yeah you 've always been told you 've always been told that they are . |
| 6 | Yeah you 've always been told you 've always been told that they are . |
| 7 | Survivors have always been told the terms of the peace treaty with Japan meant nothing more could be done for them . |