Example sentences of "[noun sg] be told [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Italy 's air force was told yesterday that unless it bombed fast moving lava flows pouring from Mount Etna to divert their course , the 6,500 people living at the foot of Europe 's highest volcano could face destruction . |
| 2 | But the borough 's environmental health committee was told yesterday that the outbreak , which has been sweeping the region , is slowing down . |
| 3 | An inquest in the town was told yesterday that Swales , who had drunk six pints , had been seen at least once before trying to beat trains over the unmanned crossing . |
| 4 | The conference was told yesterday that police forces have introduced a new command structure . |
| 5 | COOKSTOWN Magistrates Court was told yesterday that a farmer forged his deceased mother-in-laws name on a cheque to pay his electricity bill . |
| 6 | A BELFAST court was told yesterday that there was no terrorist involvement in an arson attack when a garage and a car in north Belfast were set on fire on Thursday night . |
| 7 | Inverness Sheriff Court was told yesterday that one of the culprits , 29-year-old Joseph Shields , was their neighbour . |
| 8 | The jury was told yesterday that Casabona admits false imprisonment of the lodger and unlawful sex with a woman under the age of 16 . |
| 9 | The minister was told plainly that ‘ the election of a member of parliament , and other publick services , has drawn me into a great deall of expence , and no small trouble … ’ |
| 10 | However much the excise supervisor may have been appreciated by the councillors of St. Andrews , he was regarded with less enthusiasm at the Treasury , and the member of parliament was told bluntly that if any office about St. Andrews fell vacant , which was usually left to the recommendation of the Burgh Member , he should have the nomination , and as Scott advised the provost , ‘ they hoped that from reasons which must naturally occur to myself , I would be satisfied with the propriety of their answer ’ . |