Examples of 'we were told not' in a sentence

Meaning of "we were told not"

we were told not - This phrase indicates that someone or a group of people received instructions or advice to not do something, usually in the past tense

How to use "we were told not" in a sentence

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we were told not
I think we were told not to use the phone.
We got ourselves in trouble by visiting a time we were told not to.
We were told not to tell the police.
There we were where we were told not to be.
We were told not to drink the local water.
Even when we were told not to.
We were told not to take any belongings.
We may do what we were told not to.
And we were told not to follow him.
So we could not work out why we were told not to drive at night.
But we were told not to get involved.
Robert, this is the one room we were told not to go in.
We were told not to do any inspections unless we received complaints.
None of us went for it, we were told not to.
We were told not to tell the family.

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We have been watching you . Even when we were told not to.
We were told not to carry any food in our bags.
After the lady from Miami disappeared, we were told not to talk to anyone about.
But we were told not to use our cell phones.
Yes, of course we do, but we were told not to.
We were told not to leave because the war was still going on.
Of course I do . But we were told not to get involved.
We were told not to get involved with our patients.
I heard, but we were told not to act.
We were told not to forget about our education.
It 's a political thing . We were told not to touch it.
We were told not to let anybody in.
Do not you hear? We were told not to let you in!
We were told not to talk to him.
So why not call the national guard? - We were told not to.
Because we were told not to talk about it.
That 's exactly the kind of " too scary " we were told not to do.
We were told not to take prisoners.
Robert, this is the one room we were told not to go in . Come back.
We were told not to go up there.
In the Wicklow by-election, we were told not to talk about PR.
We were told not to drink too much in case we got cramps.
It's a political thing. We were told not to touch it. I see.
We were told not to let anyone in.
Because we were told not to.
We were told not to touch you.
By who? We were told not to.
We were told not to be too aggressive.
If you got the desire . We were told not to touch you, but I would not refuse.
We were told not to worry about it and suddenly there was money.
Even when we were told not to, - we we're watching.
We were told not to gobble.
So we were told not to skip it.
We were told not to travel.
Because we were told not to . Now let us just get out of here before.

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Examples of using Not
I am not really sure what that thing was
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I am not saying that you do not care
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