Example sentences of "told [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told shareholders the latest sums were £33,000 in settlement of a civil action by the club — £15,000 of that the cost of an audit investigation — and £838 in a case involving credit cards . |
| 2 | And er I told Mum the other day that w in double science we 've still got to do one and a half topics . |
| 3 | I went back and told Lilian the second twin , a boy , had died because the cord was round its neck . |
| 4 | He returned and told Allah the curious story , and Allah replied : " That was not really the idol speaking my word , that was me ! " |
| 5 | I think it would be better if I told Alan the bad news . |
| 6 | ‘ It would be better if I told Alan the bad news . ’ |
| 7 | He told Beverley the whole story of the stranger in the mist . |
| 8 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA top gun Elserino Piol told Unigram the real reason behind Olivetti 's embrace of Alpha was all the doubts about the wisdom of his MIPS strategy voiced to his boss Carlo di Benedetti : that caused the politically wary Piol to exert himself to come up with the Alpha alternative . |
| 9 | Supposedly , when I , when I told Nicola the other day that you reckon that I do n't do enough work , she says cor blimey she was shocked she was , shocked oh do it , do it as near to the microphone as you can mum |
| 10 | But I told Una the next morning when all of you left the house . |
| 11 | Several months later he told Theo the full dramatic story , ending sadly : ‘ Then , not at once , but very soon , I felt that love die within me . |
| 12 | Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said . |
| 13 | The jury at bristol crown court heard that the girl did not immediately tell her parents , but told friends the following day . |
| 14 | Dining at Croisset one evening , Lapierre told Flaubert the scandalous history of Mademoiselle de P- . |
| 15 | Smith also told police the three men were half cut , they 'd lost their sense of safety . |
| 16 | The White House spokeswoman , Dee Dee Myers , told reporters the new plan ‘ turns trickle-down economics around 180 degrees . ’ |
| 17 | I understand she told John the same story before she promised to marry him , then they agreed it should never be mentioned again . |
| 18 | Citizens Chairman , President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fish told employees the two banks make a good match because of their shared philosophy about the way to treat customers and employees , and the way they conduct business . |
| 19 | Charles told Jacqui the new information he 'd gleaned , but met with little luck in following it up . |
| 20 | She told representatives the new inflation figure was the one used for the pension increase next April . |
| 21 | He told Tony the Open was all his . |