Example sentences of "am tell that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am told that the Chinese name for them ( the shrub comes from China ) is ‘ cat droppings ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ If I am told that the economy is much worse than the Government has said … there 's something wrong with the way things are run in this country . |
| 3 | I am told that none of the new franchise applications have senior women as part of their management . |
| 4 | I did not hear them say this , but I am told that they do , and if you think what that would mean , I guess , whether you agree about the deer or not , that this is not a sensible suggestion . |
| 5 | In both subjects I am told that more time and more help is needed to spread the ideas , to run courses , to try out new approaches in different situations , to evaluate the success of the last step before embarking on the next , but the curriculum workers I met were disturbed that they were unable to provide what they knew teachers needed . |
| 6 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 7 | I am told that the tapered polyester bristles have a different shape cross-section to conventional bristles , octagonal in fact . |
| 8 | I am told that other people have had similar experiences but are not prepared to enlarge on their stories ; perhaps they had seen a ghost of a long-gone railwayman who had worked in the area years ago and had come back to his earthly place of employment ! |
| 9 | I am told that there have been further incidents since the system reopened but so far nobody has come along with any details . |
| 10 | I am told that Honest John has taken to phoning up editors of the papers that helped him regain power to plead with them not to be so beastly . |
| 11 | At the end of the public road is a notice prohibiting cars from going further , and I am told that the new owners of the Killilan estate are enforcing this ban fairly strictly but not in all cases . |
| 12 | I am told that she always looked attractive and very well turned out even at this particular time … |
| 13 | I am told that Reed will regenerate the hype on Madonna 's Sex ( Mandarin ) for a mass-market edition . |
| 14 | I am told that with good binoculars ( presumably × 12 or more ) it can be made out as an aura of soft light surrounding the cluster , but I have had no success myself . |
| 15 | I am told that Piper were so glad to land this important order that they only charged an additional £5 per aircraft for the modification . |
| 16 | I am told that a modification is being worked on that will stop the engine rotating in the glide . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I am told that there are some very well coloured philander being sold at present , so it may be that there is a mistake in identity here . |
| 19 | I am told that certainly parts of this guidance were cited in argument to the justices and it is apparent from the report of the guardian ad litem that sections were quoted from it . |
| 20 | I am told that he has now been adjudicated bankrupt for a second time . |
| 21 | I am told that there has been an agreement that some of the contact orders should be varied now but that does not form part of the appeal . |
| 22 | I am told that a baby is due to be born in September 1992 . |
| 23 | I am told that there is to be a meeting between the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Transport and General Workers union as soon as it is practicable . |
| 24 | I am told that there are ten thousand dead and wounded on the battlefield . |
| 25 | but but , you see , I am told that she 's going to live next door to the , where she used to live the doctor 's house er er unless |
| 26 | I light a stick of sage and run through the flat with it , as I am told that it will dismember the evil spirits , like an exterminator murders termites and then removes them . |
| 27 | I am told that the authority is not answering the telephone and that is not good enough . |
| 28 | I am told that the same considerations of constituency difficulty , demography and geography would apply to rearranging the constituencies within Scotland . |
| 29 | I am told that , even today , most juveniles are cautioned or sentenced to community service , or receive a discharge because magistrates remain reluctant to award custodial sentences . |
| 30 | I am told that the Under-Secretary of State gave an undertaking in the House of Commons that steps would be taken to warn claimants about the possible loss of benefits . |