Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coun Len Douglass said : ‘ He has obviously been told to stay away by the Labour group but he was there in a civic capacity and I find it very sad . ’ |
| 2 | Since Rita has been sent to Coventry , she has not been told that it is physically possible for her to open up the incubator herself and put her hands in . |
| 3 | Derek can we take on the dockyards , Derek , I did indicate the situation that half an hour before speaking to congress my office has not been told officially by M O D of any change of a decision being made . |
| 4 | For example , if A tells B something in confidence and B ( without A 's permission ) passes the information on to C , who has not been told that it is confidential and the circumstances are such that an obligation of confidence can not be imputed to C , then C will be able to use the information freely although B himself can be prevented from using the information or divulging it further . |
| 5 | A man who 's been forced to live on the other side of the world from his wife for two years because of immigration red tape has finally been told he can join her . |
| 6 | ‘ Feargal has just been telling me how you helped out this morning , and your idea of putting pictures on the menus . |
| 7 | Old Mr David Hughes has just been told by his doctors that he 'll have to retire , and the younger members of the family would prefer to sell out and start up on their own . |
| 8 | Leggy Linda Lusardi has just been told that her new job involves moving in with seven adoring men . |
| 9 | He looked like an airline passenger who has just been told that all four engines on his 747 have just failed . |
| 10 | He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association . |
| 11 | He has 14 days to appeal but has already been told he must appear before the FA Commission . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally . |
| 14 | As your husband has probably been told , he needs to cut down on fat , and on saturated fat in particular , to lower cholesterol levels . |
| 15 | The borough council has also been told that its measures designed to compensate property-owners for groundwater damage that might result from the barrage , were ‘ gravely inadequate ’ . |
| 16 | She has also been told that she must not remain in the room after 11:30pm and that the campus is off limits for her 18-month-old miniature dachshund . |
| 17 | Let us imagine , as the first dawning of objective thought , a child wanting another helping at dinner , remembering what it is like to be sick , and telling himself what he has often been told by his mother , ‘ Do n't , or you 'll be ill ’ . |
| 18 | The romantic story of the creation of the wonderful gardens at Inverewe has often been told and they have been pictured frequently on television . |
| 19 | The story has often been told . |
| 20 | The story of the London dock strike which began on 14 August 1889 and ended in the so-called Mansion House Agreement on the following 14 September has often been told . |
| 21 | A teenager who thought that he 'd won more than a hundred thousand pounds on a bet has today been told that he 'll get just seven hundred and twenty eight pounds . |
| 22 | Rachel has n't been told . |
| 23 | No , she has n't been told by the hospital . |
| 24 | No , she has n't been told but she , she 's thinks it 's gon na be a lad . |
| 25 | If your child has recently been told he 's diabetic , watch out for the comic at diabetes clinics , or by contacting Ames Division , Miles Ltd , Stoke Court , Stoke Poges , Slough SL2 4LY . |
| 26 | Miss C 's mother has never been told of the attack , because she was undergoing a series of operations at the time . |
| 27 | Until now , the story of one of the most emotionally-charged moments at Althorp , involving the Princess of Wales , has never been told . |
| 28 | Yet the story of the development of the city 's housing schemes has never been told in full , and particularly not from the point of view of the original tenants . |
| 29 | The couple discovered that residents just outside the canvassed area had written to Shepherd & Wedderburn , complaining , though Mr Clark says he has never been told their identities . |
| 30 | They 'd just been told the George Hotel was n't important enough to be listed , but the protestors vowed to physically stop the demolition team if necessary and it looked as if they had the backing of the Planning Authority . |