Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few moments later she appeared again and told them they could go in . |
| 2 | We just asked them to leave and told them we would explain later . |
| 3 | Head of environmental services , Mr Keith Atkinson , told them it would cost around £200,000 . |
| 4 | Next Jay told them he 'd step aside but only for some ridiculous sum of money . ’ |
| 5 | But something told me I must carry on , so I did , rhythmically pushing his chest , praying for a reaction . |
| 6 | I hope you do n't mind me coming , but he told me I should come on up . ’ |
| 7 | My brothers told me I 'd end up killing someone . |
| 8 | ‘ He told me he would get back as soon as the roads were clear . ’ |
| 9 | He told me he 'd come back tomorrow , and then he went off . |
| 10 | He told me he 'd put up five thousand dollars ’ reward for the killer , and he 'd be very happy to pay every cent . |
| 11 | She told me she 'd come today . |
| 12 | I told you I 'd get back . |
| 13 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I must go away for a week ? |
| 14 | Who told you you could sell probably . |
| 15 | I told you you should come longer . |
| 16 | Writing to the archbishop of York after the Council , he told him he could send only the ‘ headings ’ ( the Capitula ) of the decrees because he did not wish to circulate the fuller texts until they had been approved by those who were present . |
| 17 | I told her I would stand over you , but nothing guaranteed . ’ |
| 18 | He says I told her I 'd come straight from church if there was a cup of tea . |
| 19 | Told her she must send out the original . |
| 20 | But the nodding baby , the beginnings of whimpers from Helen who had decided that she minded bitterly that her fairy doll had spent Christmas in a cardboard box , Mrs Chamberlin 's gallant attempts to fight her own fatigue , told her she must go home . |
| 21 | They told her she must give up Christianity and deny , not only God and all the saints , but her father , her mother , and all her friends . |
| 22 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then the police came along and told us we should stay inside and keep away from the windows . |