Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former prisoner from Cardiff has told the court that Gardiner said he 'd offered twenty thousand pounds to Chalky White not to give evidence against him . |
| 2 | Albert Reynolds has told the Prime Minister , Mr Major , Mr Major has taken on board , has has considered , presumably , what it is that you 've done with Gerry Adams , and concluded that it can go no further . |
| 3 | Sir James McKinnon has told the Monopolies and Mergers Commission that one part should deal with transport and storage and the other with trading . |
| 4 | The BBC has told the satellite operators that it is definitely still interested . |
| 5 | When Callow himself chooses to direct a film , he finds that Makavejev has told the truth . |
| 6 | President Bush has told the United Nations that if Iraq pulls out of Kuwait , it could end conflict between the Arabs and the Israelis . |
| 7 | New pay recommendations are due in the new year and , although Mr Clarke has told the review body that there must be pay restraint , ministers appear likely to press for the award to be met . |
| 8 | Health Secretary Virgina Bottomley has told the Commons she wants to merge several regional health authorities . |
| 9 | The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales has told the Welsh Office that its plan to meet a near doubling of demand for aggregates over the next 20 years , will cause irrevocable harm to many areas of Wales ( 1 ) . |
| 10 | Probyn has told the police his estranged wife left his house at Longney after they 'd had a row , and listened tape recordings of a conversation between herself and her new boyfriend . |
| 11 | Mr Waldron has told the jury that McLean , who was a heavy drinker and took medication for angina , asthma and rheumatism , suffered from a mental abnormality which severely impaired her responsibility for her actions . |
| 12 | Prosecution barrister Mr Charles Barton has told the jury that they are being asked to decide if Hagans raped Mrs McGurk , even though he admitted killing her , for three reasons — in the interests of the defendant , in the interests of Anna McGurk and her family , and in the interests of putting the record straight . |