Example sentences of "told [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked across at me with watery , beseeching eyes as if he had just told me the entire , intolerable story of his life . |
| 2 | But he 's told me the main months . |
| 3 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
| 4 | " Could have told you the Silesian Defence would n't work in One-Dimensional Chess . |
| 5 | But Brett here 's told you the only ones that 'll give any trouble will be the goons wearin' joggin' suits of black , grey or brown . |
| 6 | ‘ I have n't told you the whole story ! |
| 7 | He has some obsession she has n't told him the whole truth . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps Lou had told him the monstrous lie that I did n't love him any more ? |
| 9 | Lisa felt the cold finger of panic momentarily touch her , just as it had when , over the phone earlier , the girl from the claims department had told her the awful truth . |
| 10 | The reception had told her the Scottish Football team were residents in the hotel which increased her hopes of picking up the odd tip in order to ease her way through University . |
| 11 | She thought of the helpful policeman who had told her the wrong day for the train . |
| 12 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 13 | She said that Derek had told her the whole story . |
| 14 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 15 | And he 's told her the whole story so Noel 's gone home and his mum 's gone , what 's that on your neck ? |
| 16 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) has huffed and puffed , but he has not told us the Labour party 's position on a single proposal contained in the Green Paper . |
| 17 | This afternoon , he has treated the House to an extraordinary collection of half-truths and inaccuracies , but he has not told us the Labour party 's attitude to the proposals that I identified in the statement . |