Sentence examples for told doing from inspiring English sources

The brothers learned not to intervene, the court was told; doing so meant either their mother was hit harder, they were struck, or both.

The inflation I'm told does not exist clearly does.

"I was told: 'Do not work.

They were told, 'Don't worry about it.

Jed, we are told, didn't mind a bit.

I was told, don't run.

Tell, don't show.

What, pray tell, did she write?

We're simply told "don't".

He told himself, Don't do it.

So I would do whatever has been told to do.