Example sentences of "[verb] told [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or what he thought had happened inside his head , for those at the hospital who were supposed to know told him the brain scan showed nothing untoward . |
| 2 | ‘ Jane has told me a lot about you , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Ephron has told him the land is worth four hundred shekels . |
| 4 | Last year 's alumni survey has told us a lot . |
| 5 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 6 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 7 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 8 | ‘ If you 'd told me the truth about that years ago , none of this wretched business would have happened . ’ |
| 9 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 10 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 11 | I could 've told it no different . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't think she would have told me a , a lie . |
| 13 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 14 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 15 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 16 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 17 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 18 | She was gaping at him while telling herself that her mother would have told him the reason why she was here . |
| 19 | Not to mention our hospitaller who may have told us a pack of lies . ’ |
| 20 | You could have told it a mile away . |
| 21 | I could have told you every single item of food I had in the cupboard every , down to the last bean ! |
| 22 | " Would he have told you the name of one of his attackers , and might you have recognized that name … ? " |
| 23 | If I 'd known you were prone to nightmares I 'd never have told you the story ! ’ |
| 24 | The letter which you received from the Director of Education will have told you the reason for the Council 's decision to refuse a place at the school(s) you wanted your child to go to . |
| 25 | " Could have told you the Silesian Defence would n't work in One-Dimensional Chess . |
| 26 | I should have told you the Huns have balloons the way you have the runs , but they are short of skilled observers ? |
| 27 | John will have told you the way we operate er we we we er we |
| 28 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 29 | ‘ So — you 're admitting to having told me a blatant lie ? ’ |
| 30 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |