Sentence examples for were told as from inspiring English sources

The announcement surprised local groups, who were told as recently as last month by transportation officials that the city was planning to blanket the worn road with asphalt.

"We were told as soon as they blew by the April 1 budget deadline that negotiations were continuing and that weekly emergency extenders were necessary to keep government functioning," Dean G. Skelos, the Republican Senate leader, said in a statement.

It would seem to be in the interests of both British Gymnastics and the BOA – not to mention the athletes and their families – to get to the bottom of just what the team were told as soon as possible.

The jury were told as distinctly as it could be expressed in words that Ohle did not gain a citizenship in Illinois when he went there on the sixth of November, unless he did in good faith leave Iowa, and giving up his residence there go to Illinois, and actually and in good faith take up his permanent residence in that state at that time.

Overnight, we were told, as many as 20 people checked in to the infirmary with bruises, busted lips and black eyes.

If you didn't pass a test you were told as much and left.

Mr. Scott has been told as much.

She said Ms. Conte had been told as much.

Her story is told as well in "Ten9Eight".

Too bad: the tale needs to be told as fully as is possible.

He'd been told as much by the senior partner who served as his mentor.