Example sentences of "[adv] been told " in BNC.
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| 1 | One , the friend of the new French Prime Minister , Georges Bidault , had apparently been told that he could not concede the fundamental issue of independence ; for the other , who was to succeed Ho on his death , and for the large and varied delegation which came to Paris under the title of the Popular National Front ( Lien Viet ) everything , practically , turned on the question of Cochinchina . |
| 2 | As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts . |
| 3 | And Britain 's swim pin-up Sharon Davies added : ‘ We have all been told not to talk about the Chinese and why they have done so well here . ’ |
| 4 | You 've obviously been told |
| 5 | Coun Len Douglass said : ‘ He has obviously been told to stay away by the Labour group but he was there in a civic capacity and I find it very sad . ’ |
| 6 | So without any questions from me , we 'd finally been told why we were there . |
| 7 | A man who 's been forced to live on the other side of the world from his wife for two years because of immigration red tape has finally been told he can join her . |
| 8 | He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association . |
| 9 | ‘ It wo n't be announced for a week or so , but he 's already been told . |
| 10 | Although workers had already been told to keep themselves and their families indoors , no warning was given to people in nearby villages . |
| 11 | ‘ I have already been told I will need an operation and it is going to take some time to sort out my problem . |
| 12 | He has 14 days to appeal but has already been told he must appear before the FA Commission . |
| 13 | Doyle had already been told and was furious . |
| 14 | The Government 's examination advisers have already been told to see to it that marking is stricter next year . |
| 15 | He 's already been told to make other arrangements — and that 's a shame . |
| 16 | We 've already got that have n't we ? , we 've already been told that have n't we ? |
| 17 | ‘ This year we have already been told the reason we have had three surges higher than anticipated was because of the bath-tub effect from closing the Thames barrier , ’ she said . |
| 18 | She had coaxed , cajoled and bribed the delivery boys to do what they had already been told to do — carry it to the relevant floor of the hotel . |
| 19 | Scott could n't see the name painted along one side of it but he 'd already been told it was called The Abbott . |
| 20 | Wickham said this tallied with what he had already been told , but it was undisputed that the old Adler currently on Tavett 's desk was usually there . |
| 21 | By then the press had already been told that the likelihood was that this was a terrorist act : the media were already speculating on whether the perpetrators were Arab or Irish . |
| 22 | Why , has he already been told ? |
| 23 | You 've already been told once . |
| 24 | I feel an opting-out system would be probably less distressing to the donor 's relatives ( who may find an approach for donation insensitive when they have just been told of an — often — unexpected death ) . |
| 25 | She could hardly say , ‘ I 've just been told that I 'm pregnant again , ’ because it was only a matter of a week or two . |
| 26 | As they went inside , Jack Smith was roaring with laughter , having just been told an extremely rude story by one of the regulars . |
| 27 | ‘ Not too good , ’ I said , ‘ I 've just been told that Punch is closing . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Thirty-five , he is , and he 's just been told he 's not got long to live . |
| 29 | Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you 've just been told to p … off by an embittered pedestrian . |
| 30 | Old Mr David Hughes has just been told by his doctors that he 'll have to retire , and the younger members of the family would prefer to sell out and start up on their own . |