Sentence examples for being told of a from inspiring English sources

Why don't you have a slogan: 'Kill a cat and save a bird?'" On being told of a project to protect turtle doves in Anguilla in 1965.

You can imagine a caller being told of a relative's death and going: "Hold on - don't tell me - was it syphilis?" The nonchalance makes it seem as if this is an expected extension of panel games and reality shows.

In my clinical training, I remember being told of a review of delinquent behaviour in London that suggested that teenage boys were remanded for far more minor offences than teenage girls - the suggestion being that because law enforcers were less likely to "expect" girls to behave aggressively, the girls generally escaped notice.

Compare, for instance, being told of a particular mathematical result by an expert mathematician (with a good track record).

It had emerged that he gave instructions to staff to lower Libor rates after being told of a phone call between Mr Diamond and Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, about Whitehall fears over Barclays' financial health.

I've been a collector I am being told of a different kind.

The department had ordered airlines to check the list within two hours of being told of an update.

"The protagonist is a choirmaster, possessed, we're told, of a voice angels themselves might envy.

The jury were told of a parallel hacking operation run by the features department.

We are told of a dream of an exploding head, of ill health, of family tragedy.

We were told of a family of four which had been given separate seats.