give somebody to understand something

"I was given to understand that nothing but magic could kill those things."

I know that it is the one thing not given me to understand.

A very special vessel indeed, I am given to understand.

"I am given to understand that you have been trying to reach me."

I've always been given to understand that there were no places worth seeing in the North.

Book analysis is quite a lucrative field, or so I'm given to understand.

I have been given to understand that the Commission is also of this view.

From what I've been given to understand, those people can take care of themselves.

I was given to understand that you would look after me.

Plus, she's found God, so we are given to understand.