Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As late as yesterday the Home Office told them no decision 's been made on its future . |
| 2 | He told them a story about his own children , when they were very young . |
| 3 | He told them a story about a gooseberry in a lift and one about holes in Australia . |
| 4 | There are the scribes and the Pharisees , and they began grumble saying , this man receives sinners and eats with them , and Jesus told them a parable . |
| 5 | Bill Barnes took off with two others , one I believe was Orr , and had climbed to about 2,000 feet after making contact with the Malta Tower who told them the raid was coming in low and very fast . ’ |
| 6 | Paul doubted it , and his fears were confirmed when the assistant told them the price . |
| 7 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 8 | ‘ We told them the money would go to other children who do n't have any toys and , worse than that , do n't have any food or anywhere to live . ’ |
| 9 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 10 | In New Orleans , his brother and sister met Susan Schilling , who told them the story of her . |
| 11 | ( Peru : the very name arose from a misunderstanding on the part of the Spaniards when Indians told them the name of a river : originally , it was known simply as ‘ New Castille ’ . ) |
| 12 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 13 | I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here . |
| 14 | We told them the truth and as usual when a panic was over they apologized but warned that we must be patient . |
| 15 | who told them the truth about her letter to Sir Charles |
| 16 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 17 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 18 | Mrs Bottomley told them the health service had to move with the times and some closures were inevitable . |
| 19 | I 'm pretty sure he told me a boy , I think . |
| 20 | ‘ He told me a fortnight before he came out that he 'd be coming to me . ’ |
| 21 | She told me a policewoman had been round and announced that Graham Mills had been found murdered . |
| 22 | ‘ My parents only told me a bit about them , ’ said Creggan , ‘ and I only saw one once when a pair came close to my homesite and my mother attacked them . |
| 23 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 24 | I hate him now , because he told me a lie , that you would never return , and you have returned ! |
| 25 | Then she erm she told me a lie this time as well ! |
| 26 | A nurse told me a policeman wanted to see me , but visitors had been barred until tomorrow . |
| 27 | We get people you say well I , you know somebody told me a couple of months back how to use the diary system by you know putting the note in and then dating it when you want to remind yourself been in the company ten years you know all this sort of stuff and it 's just useful bits you know the whole and all this sort of stuff . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , Mum told me a couple of days go , and that he was working at OBEX . |
| 29 | Someone here once told me a story about the most notorious of the dictators who ruled this country at the turn of the century . |
| 30 | " Your father thought one of the others would have blown the gaff to me — presumably they thought he had — the net result , as always when you leave it to George , being that nobody told me a thing . |