Example sentences of "be tell that it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're told that it is not a commercial fish to breed in large numbers and that it is species more suited for the specialist or advanced hobbyist . |
| 2 | And I am told that it is not advisable to use the same batch of acid for etching copper as has been used for etching zinc because the deposits of two metals in the acid creates erm an unpleasant , noxious , possibly poisonous gas and I do n't know what that would do . |
| 3 | And she stared at it , glad to have been told that it was not good , for she could make nothing of it : it stood about five feet high , on a stone lump , and it had holes in it and stretching arms . |
| 4 | If that fails to dissuade you , you will be told that it is not very nice : it is frightening and ghoulish . |
| 5 | But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense . |
| 6 | exactly what it is , but th we should be told that it 's not a dirty thing , it 's not a bad thing . |
| 7 | When we asked Russian officials whether the beef was having any impact on meat prices in Russia , we were told that it was not . |
| 8 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
| 9 | I mentioned the incident at Land 's End and was told that it was not unusual for student pilots who dare to stray into the military areas to receive a safe wingtip and tail helicopter escort home , leaving the student a gibbering wreck long after returning to the club house . |