Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy .
2 She told me to hang on a bit , and then I was talking to this David Kendrew bloke — the one on the programme — the one Mum 's always on about .
3 Peter owned London Postal Services , and he offered me £5000 and told me to put together a package .
4 When our children say , as they all do , ‘ but my friends are all doing this ’ , parents invariably say , smartly , ‘ and if they told you to jump off a cliff , would you ? ’
5 However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire .
6 I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag .
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