Sentence examples for was told down from inspiring English sources

He describes the moment when, alone in his office in Millbank in July last year, he was told down the phone that Labour "knows it has a problem and is determined to fix it," that "the leader needs advice, and it has to come from someone with sufficient stature to ensure he'll listen to it".

They may even be told down the line that he has a new book for sale and then be able to buy it through the app.

In all likelihood, a majority of them will report exactly the results they have been told, down to the percentage point, regardless of how people actually vote.

Some of that will be of the nervous variety because now we have got this far, it is important to the whole Frankel legend, one that will be told down the years, that he remains unbeaten.

In July the Algerian army was told to clamp down anew on the drugs trade.

But as he packed to leave Columbus on Wednesday, he was told Norrena was down for the count with headaches.

Citigroup was told to shut down its private-banking activities there and was also suspended from underwriting Japanese government bonds.

In Germany, I was told to run down an alleyway and imagine the Nazis coming after me.

"I was told to stand down and ease up — not to go after things so hard," he said.

The court was told it was down to lack of provision for potential losses.

He was told it was down to under-provisioning for potential losses in the company before it was sold.