Example sentences of "[pron] tell the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There 's no need to worry — I 'd not live there for all the gold in Christendom and I told the lady Anne as much ! |
| 2 | I told the lady what it means i lary means mouthy , okay ? |
| 3 | ‘ When we were at Glastonbury , ’ Mandeville answered , stroking the side of his face , ‘ I told the abbot to send one of his lay brothers to Taunton with a message for the sheriff to bring armed men to Templecombe . |
| 4 | When I told the museum official that I had met David Damiani , his eyes opened wider with interest . |
| 5 | I told the butcher I would n't be going next week . |
| 6 | I told the patient that it was in a treacherous position and an operation would be risky . ’ |
| 7 | I told the bloke , I look after that my cars in the garage . |
| 8 | In delight , I told the therapist . |
| 9 | I told the stationer I 'd be back for my parcel , and wandered on through the cold sunny streets . |
| 10 | ‘ I told the policeman he had a bonny face , ’ she explained . |
| 11 | I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait . |
| 12 | I told the computer about visiting my parents and that they did n't believe me . |
| 13 | Answering questions , I told the press the situation as I saw it . |
| 14 | So I told the press the next morning who were mega grumpy at all of this and I do n't blame them , so when the ceremony started Pat took the stills photographer round to the front and the television guys as the Princess began to inspect er the crew pulled all their gear through the Band of the Royal Marines over their toe caps under the tubas and pressed their cameras under the nose of the Princess Royal which would n't have happened had the Lieutenant Commander been prepared to listen to us and of course you could see him getting angrier and angrier |
| 15 | ‘ I told the promoter it was too dangerous to play . |
| 16 | — I told the Warden that I did n't want to go to no hospital but he never listened . |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing much else , really , as you can see from what I told the Brigadier — except that , whatever 's happened , I 've got nothing to do with it — I expect she was attracted by the light in my window if she was lost . ’ |
| 18 | As I told the board before their meeting with the Receiver , the blame lies solely with the person who dreamt up the idea , namely Chester Bence . |
| 19 | So I told the machine what it was about , and moved on to a golfer and one of the Black and White minstrels . ’ |
| 20 | I told the boss I would report to him Monday . |
| 21 | Yes , I told the King of imminent danger but , given the way he charged round his kingdom in the dead of night , even the court fool could have warned him just as accurately . ’ |
| 22 | I see now how wrong I was , and yet when I told the king that without resorting to such action I would still be in the granite quarries and so unable to do his bidding , he understood and forgave me . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll move in tomorrow , ’ I told the man on the desk . |
| 24 | I told the man that I was a friend of hers before she married Nigel Hughes . |
| 25 | Well I told the committee and they were delighted and so was I . |
| 26 | I told the committee that when the colleges were firmly established under a central funding mechanism , I saw no reason why a funding council should not be considered . |
| 27 | ‘ I told the lock-keeper it was yours . |
| 28 | ‘ I told the IFA that if we got to the World Cup finals and they wanted me to stay on I would and if we did not qualify I would stand down , ’ says Bingham . |
| 29 | The other day I was telling her about something that had happened , crying as I told the story , and she started crying too . |
| 30 | I told the co-pilot to take over and I went back to the radio room and saw Charlie with blood all over his head and the front of his flight suit ’ . |