Examples of 'we were told' in a sentence

Meaning of "we were told"

we were told - Indicates that information or instructions were given to someone by another person. It implies that the speaker or the subject of the phrase received information from a third party

How to use "we were told" in a sentence

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we were told
And we were told to do anything short of killing them.
This contradicts what we were told at the time.
We were told that your voice is very weak.
We have been doing what we were told our entire lives.
We were told there would not be any killing.
When it started we were told we had to save time.
We were told to give the tickets to our parents.
The next morning we were told to go out to work.
We were told you worry only about money.
But last night we were told the opposite.
We were told she was the orphaned child of friends.
But that is not what we were told yesterday.
Well we were told they posed a considerable threat.
We were doing something that we were told that we could not do.
We were told that everything here is the mafia.

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The day before yesterday is what we were told.
I think we were told not to use the phone.
I think there is a reason why we were told to watch it.
We were told you work with the police.
We are surprised to see the opposite of what we were told.
We were told there was a supply station near here.
We should have done what we were told to do.
We were told this was about the four prosecutions.
When these borders that we were told.
We were told you have been transferred to another regiment.
For all the years that we were told.
We were told that there were no walkers on this island.
He played in a band and we were told that he was kind of good.
We were told the humans were simple and backwards.
I have referred to what we were told four years ago.
We were told you may know where she is.
This is something we were told at the time we must accept.
We were told this was her last known location.
Take care of him like we were told.
We were told that you were the best at this.
We have followed all the messages we were told to follow.
We were told never to go into the woods alone.
We got ourselves in trouble by visiting a time we were told not to.
We were told it was an honor and a privilege to be an altar boy.
We just got paid to do what we were told.
We were told there was not going to be any written record.
There is strong evidence that what we were told.
We were told they were ours for at least a year.
We left our home because we were told this is a land of opportunity.
We were told you engaged in the practice repeatedly.
When we were expecting our son we were told that he could be disabled.
Suddenly we were told we were meant to be fighting a worldwide movement.
Consistent with what we were told.
We were told that she was very well loved.
Even when we were told not to.

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