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The phrase "having been told that" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to emphasize the fact that you were informed of something before taking any other action. For example: "Having been told that the office closes at 5pm, I left promptly at 4:45."
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After all, if we look at Simmons's central board room case we might have the same reaction to someone who, having been told that failure to object implies consent to a policy, fails to object but only because he doesn't want to anger his girlfriend in the group and really gives no thought to the question of consent.
Scott remembers once having been told that the bridge never stops being painted.
Having been told that medical students were prone to hypochondriasis, we generally responded with eye-rolling.
Poor Mr. Andrade seems to be rehearsing, not having been told that the camera is rolling.
Strawberry, having been told that his friends were searching for him, finally called from Daytona Beach.
Finally, he was fired in 2010, having been told that he was "too much hassle".
Having been told that the first time, I started thinking that way much earlier in the process.
"Is this the 1858 muscat?" I asked, having been told that that was the first Chambers vintage.
She was finally given a diagnosis of chronic Lyme disease last summer after having been told that she had multiple sclerosis.
The destroyer, having been told that the merchant crew was locked down and safe, turned its guns on part of the tanker as the pirates put up resistance.
Having been told that Travis Twiggs was a combat veteran, their concern was that the car might contain an improvised explosive device.
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