Example sentences of "told him [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One who did listened intently to Harry 's story and told him that the Germans inspected all sections of the vessel before sailing . |
| 2 | He was awakened by a seaman who told him that the ship would not be leaving for seven days , and there would be no place for him to hide as timber was being loaded under German supervision . |
| 3 | His Majesty told him that the Conservatives and Liberals would support him in restoring the confidence of foreigners in the financial stability of the country ’ . |
| 4 | He was shocked when she told him that the gardener came three times a week and did not offer to mend it . |
| 5 | The girl told him that the house was full of Pakistanis , and added , with a lilt of incomprehensible pride , that she herself came from Guyana . |
| 6 | And they took counsel and made a letter for the leader of the army of the Almoravides , wherein they told him that the Cid had made a treaty with the King of Aragon , whereby the King bound himself to help him against them ; and they bade him beware how he came towards Valencia , unless he chose to do battle with eight thousand Christian horsemen , covered with iron , and the best warriors in the world . |
| 7 | Rosen said an Australian intelligence agent told him that the word is now out in South-East Asia that money can be made selling to investigators and journalists phoney samples of ‘ contaminated ’ articles . |
| 8 | I told him that the police wanted to see him . |
| 9 | It was apparent to Allen from what Tom told him that the verderers , driven out by the fire , had succeeded in saddling and bridling the terrified horses . |
| 10 | I sat on the facilities , and told him that the water samples from the horse car had been pure and simple H&sub2 ; O. |
| 11 | After consultation , the representatives of the Company told him that the gradients were 1 in 18.9 . |
| 12 | It answered the question he had asked himself and told him that the bones of a very young child had been found as well as those of a young woman . |
| 13 | Someone told him that the way to make money was to buy when the shares were low and sell when they were high . |
| 14 | I do n't know how much of it he read , but the entry for May 20th must have galled him because it told him that the potential wage-earner had spent much of the day in playing cricket . |
| 15 | X , an officer at Kleinwort Benson , telephoned D and told him that the target company had accepted a new offer . |
| 16 | I told him that the Owsla 's privileges did n't mean all that much to me in any case and that a strong rabbit could always do just as well by leaving the warren . |
| 17 | Stephanie spoke also , for her almost sharply , to Marcus and told him that the visit would happen and that she trusted him to help with it , to behave well . |
| 18 | Some time later , the officer touched his shoulder and told him that the court was ready . |
| 19 | The Liberals … and Conservatives returned to MacDonald late that evening and told him that the economies were quite inadequate , and unlikely to be accepted by Parliament or to restore confidence . |
| 20 | They told him that the horse 's previous leader — an old man — had died suddenly . |
| 21 | She merely told him that the book bore a crest , an embossed crest of a hawk . |
| 22 | When Dulé looked back he smelled the burning of the Rebecca on the breeze ; his companions told him that the column of pitchy smoke rose in the dawn like an offering . |
| 23 | Joe had several long conversations with Maureen and she told him that the war had brought happiness to her and Chris . |
| 24 | A gentle pressure in the small of his back told him that the thruster pack had fired . |
| 25 | She told him that the Minotaur lived deep inside a labyrinth , an underground maze . |
| 26 | Parker told him that the State Department had asked Mexico , but there had been no reply as yet . |
| 27 | Curtains obscured his view , but the shape of the covers told him that the bed was occupied . |
| 28 | It was when we had settled down to talk in comfortable armchairs that I told him that the man for whom I had substituted at Marlborough , in the hope of replacing him altogether , now planned to return , so that once more I should be out of a job . |
| 29 | A flash of precognition told him that the box would be able to swim faster than he could . |
| 30 | And now his experienced eye told him that the foremost ranks could be reached , but still he did not move , nor did any of the bowmen loose . |