Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to be told " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June his mother enquired about progress only to be told ‘ Why , he is not even thinking of it … so far we know nothing either about the cast or about the libretto ’ . |
| 2 | Yesterday we rang Frank at home only to be told by his mum : ‘ Oh No . |
| 3 | It was at the end of the Fifties that the joke became popular about one high-powered executive calling another on his car telephone only to be told : ‘ He 's on the other line ’ . |
| 4 | We have no need formally to be told to avoid ambiguities . |
| 5 | An acquaintance of mine arrived some weeks later to be told that he could have them if he had turned up sooner . |
| 6 | Stung , Branagh resisted the criticism only to be told : ‘ It 's what you pay me for do it again . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Salmond added : ‘ We have spent more than two months at Labour 's behest going through a process of consultation with the STUC only to be told at the end of it that Labour want to junk his key proposal before we get to a meeting . ’ |
| 8 | Vice-captain Ashley Metcalfe arrived at the ground only to be told by skipper Martyn Moxon that he would not be in the side against Somerset . |
| 9 | She was then put in an armchair only to be told a few minutes later that her operation had been cancelled because the hospital was ‘ short staffed ’ . |
| 10 | I can quote you three particular instances where farmers have rung in with good information only to be told at the other end of the phone what the bloody hell have you rung us for and they 've got nothing within the local police whatsoever . |
| 11 | I had with the permission of the deputy general secretary leave of conference yesterday I was in London to be told of a further nine hundred redundancies from a company that a short time ago was telling us , and if you look at my report you 'll have to delete the first paragraph where they had secured orders and the security of our members ' employment only to be told yesterday , nine hundred will go . |
| 12 | Upon landing , he filed an airmiss report only to be told that the glider had landed successfully with part of its wingtip missing near Axel . |
| 13 | But he had already scored both Arsenal goals — which may surprise Graham Taylor , who picked him for his England squad only to be told he 's not fit enough . |
| 14 | The show was the brainchild of producer Verity Lambert , who saw Mr Yentob in London yesterday to be told his final decision . |
| 15 | The show was the brainchild of producer Verity Lambert , who saw Mr Yentob in London yesterday to be told his final decision . |