Example sentences of "were tell [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were told later that the fraud was so enormous — a total of $10 million — that reconstruction was impossible , and that any money the majority shareholders could put in would soon disappear into a large hole . |
| 2 | Employees at the Dupont nylon fibres factory in Brockworth , Gloucester were told today that a quarter of the workforce … 250 out of a total of 990 , are to lose their jobs . |
| 3 | They were told also that half of them would face redundancy . |
| 4 | Political correspondents were told initially that the Prime Minister believed his activities to be ‘ unorthodox but in order ’ . |
| 5 | Union leaders were told recently that the Essex plant , which currently produces the Sierra and the Fiesta , was experiencing more stoppages than any of the company 's plants in Europe and that quality levels were also the worst . |
| 6 | We passed Cap Bon ( in the distance ) and Pantelleria , the latter at sea level — which was just as well as it was raining at the time , otherwise we might have missed it and also because we were told afterwards that there was an airfield there with Bf110s . |
| 7 | Journalists who telephoned the divisional police were told bluntly that the men had not even been interviewed at the time the army spokesman had made his statement . |
| 8 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 9 | We were told yesterday that ‘ No comment ’ means ‘ Guilty as hell ’ , but I mean you were suggesting |