Example sentences of "told [pron] how [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judith Chivers , an expert in time management , told them how to lead a less stressful life , and Steve Wellard , a Royal Scottish Consultant , explained the benefits of investing in a pension scheme . |
| 2 | Thirdly , they would need , in some sense , to be rational to have an effective means-ends reasoning that told them how to implement each desired goal . |
| 3 | By the time he had sorted everybody out and told them how to get to Bridlington it was too late for me to use my free pass and I had to pay half fare . |
| 4 | I 'd listened to my father when he told me how to act with the top players , and there was n't a blade of grass I did n't know at St Andrews . |
| 5 | It was my dreaming son who told me how to do this . |
| 6 | ‘ Declan told me how to disable it , but not how to mend it . |
| 7 | Now you told me how to start a sentence |
| 8 | And he told him how to listen to God — how any man who listens in the spirit of ‘ Not my will , but God 's ’ can receive definite , accurate direction and instruction . |
| 9 | I told him how to hold the ball and where to aim it . |
| 10 | He repeated this over and over , as if he believed that it is only " they " whoever they were , told him how to act , then everything would be all right . |
| 11 | By the garden gate of Four Winds she stood looking at the house for several minutes in silence before they got back into the car and she told him how to get to the Inn on the Point . |
| 12 | Someone told him how to get back to the Euston Road . |
| 13 | Even Lancaster found his patience strained when Douglas told him how to play his part . |
| 14 | Topaz had never been with a man before , but some instinct told her how to arouse Andrew . |
| 15 | Son told us how to do it once , so he got the book out and he said , oh , then he gave up in the end ! |
| 16 | Last month JOHN RUNDLE told us how to spawn the Neon Tetra — but the Cardinal tetra , apparently so similar , is a far greater challenge … |
| 17 | They told us how to live our lives , occupied us until we lived our life their way . |