Example sentences of "and told [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some months later , after his treatment had ended , he wrote and told me that , during his summer holiday , his curiosity had led him to visit Bristol and its surroundings — and he had had the somewhat strange experience of finding his former name on a Parish Register in the district of Yate . |
| 2 | When my elder son was born and I was having difficulty in breast-feeding him , my mother sympathised with me and told me that , just after I was born , she had had an abscess on one of her breasts and found feeding me something of an ordeal . |
| 3 | She 's just been in here and told me that my Yorkshire pudding ! |
| 4 | ‘ The Professor came to see me yesterday evening , and told me all of it . |
| 5 | As I was recovering , Hannah , the housekeeper , came to sit with me , and told me all about the family . |
| 6 | He was pleasant enough and told her all she needed to know . |
| 7 | She rang up her friend Kate and told her all about it and Kate agreed that telling the police would be going too far . |
| 8 | ‘ Everybody came in and told her all their stories . |
| 9 | I put her down on the couch and said , ‘ Just put your head back , ’ and told her some Alexander Principles . |
| 10 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 11 | I went to my bosses and told them that , in The Wedding Present , there was another one out of the same rough balloon with the potential to be a long-lasting , album-selling , international act . |
| 12 | At the height of the criticism , Law met constituency chairmen and agents at the Queen 's Hall and told them that |
| 13 | When we reached Dunkil we could have done two things , we could have said to the Bible class , We had a marvellous journey up and told them all about the glory of God as we saw him in the mountains , or we could have said , We almost had an accident on our way up here . |
| 14 | The first to come , and one of the most interesting from Pumfrey 's point of view , was Tom Tedder , who sprawled easily in his chair , seemed as little tensed up as it is possible to be when involved in a murder case , and told them all they needed to know about the teachers ' attitude to the school 's star pupil . |
| 15 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |
| 16 | I sat down in Dad 's chair and told him all about the old lady and her brother , or at least what I knew , which was n't much . |
| 17 | I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’ |
| 18 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe you should have walked over to Pike and told him that . |
| 20 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 21 | I went to the sergeant and told him this , but he ordered me to be on my way . |
| 22 | Then I played a trick on Michael , who was a great chatter-up of girls at that time , and told him this person in costume was very keen on him , so he began to chat him up . |
| 23 | I says you 're the man told u give us the key for Black 's Row and told us that |
| 24 | The Master dined there last term and told us all about it . |