Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [be] told [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So right from an early age I was told I was special . |
| 2 | After my operation I was told I would eventually be 100 per cent fit . |
| 3 | When I queried this difference at the check-out I was told they had to go by the ‘ scan ’ price . |
| 4 | When I stayed with my husband and children at the Holcombe Hotel in Oxfordshire on the Great Escapes scheme this summer I was told I would get free accommodation as long as I stayed for two nights and paid for dinner and breakfast at a cost of £33.20 each per day . |
| 5 | I was told when I was in my regiment I was told my country , it was n't my country that was what I was told . |
| 6 | It was curiosity , when I was sixteen at school I was told I had another sister at the same school . |
| 7 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 8 | In fact I 'm told we go to Didcot ; Didcot Town again in the Hellenic League ; Didcot Town three , Almondsbury four , reporting on this game , Ken Coles . |