Example sentences of "told [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | French Socialists prepare to feast on crumbs of comfort The Socialists have been told so often that they are heading for total rout in tomorrow 's election that they will be relieved if they manage the 20 per cent predicted by the polls , writes Diana Geddes in Paris |
| 2 | As for the Socialists , they have been told so often that they are heading for a total rout that they will actually be relieved if they manage to get the 20 per cent which the last polls were predicting . |
| 3 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |
| 4 | He dialled the Athene office again , and was told once more that Alexandra Maitland was not available . |
| 5 | I did that and was told straight away that no deal was possible . |
| 6 | If on the other hand they wished him to go , he should be told immediately so that the could leave quietly . |
| 7 | The Duchess will be told quite clearly that if news or information gets out publicly in any way she could be fined , for example will be warned that time spent with her children will possibly be curtailed if she does n't tow the line . |
| 8 | She rang the desk and was told quite coolly that there was no such thing in the hotel . |
| 9 | I queried this , but was told quite firmly that there was no difference in the measurements of them both . |
| 10 | My Lord the started sum of money originally , sixty thousand pounds was the total loan and there were further overdraught facilities and and it 's the plaintiff 's case that without it it was simply not going to be manageable and as a result of that having thought carefully about erm , position it is his case that he rang Peter , told him that there were major problems in the financing of the deal and asked him if he could get him out of the contract because the finance he anticipated was no longer going to be available and it was his case that Peter advised him that there was no way out because contracts had been exchanged , er Mr was told very clearly that he was committed legally now to the deal and that he 'd better try and rearrange some finances since clearly they were moving towards er the completion date . |
| 11 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 12 | I did n't stay there long ; I was told very forcibly that the job had to be done and to get the hell out of his cabin . |