Sentence examples for was given to understand from inspiring English sources

I was given to understand that this will never happen.

'I was given to understand that you required a valet.' " Bertie says he would have preferred a mortician.

To do so, however, he had to enter the PD primaries – something he was given to understand in no uncertain terms was not on his party bosses' agenda.

Wallis told me then that he was given to understand by Fraser that the pictures had been snapped from a public beach.

Patten & his wife held joint ownership in the building, but the congregation was given to understand that they were simply acting as trustees.

The German army was given to understand that the war was over; leave was granted, and the Luftwaffe was shifted to other quarters.

Some were given to understand that they were writing for the Observer.

Good story, of course, but I am given to understand, not true.

Nothing, we were given to understand by some speakers, would ever be the same again.

We are given to understand that certain ex-CIA types are not happy with developments.

(The self-care part of the scene, we're given to understand from the caption, is the spirallized potato).