Example sentences of "[verb] told [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or what he thought had happened inside his head , for those at the hospital who were supposed to know told him the brain scan showed nothing untoward . |
| 2 | ‘ Jane has told me a lot about you , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Ephron has told him the land is worth four hundred shekels . |
| 4 | Last year 's alumni survey has told us a lot . |
| 5 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 6 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 7 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 8 | ‘ If you 'd told me the truth about that years ago , none of this wretched business would have happened . ’ |
| 9 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 10 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 11 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 12 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 13 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 14 | She was gaping at him while telling herself that her mother would have told him the reason why she was here . |
| 15 | Not to mention our hospitaller who may have told us a pack of lies . ’ |
| 16 | You could have told it a mile away . |
| 17 | If I 'd known you were prone to nightmares I 'd never have told you the story ! ’ |
| 18 | John will have told you the way we operate er we we we er we |
| 19 | " Would he have told you the name of one of his attackers , and might you have recognized that name … ? " |
| 20 | The letter which you received from the Director of Education will have told you the reason for the Council 's decision to refuse a place at the school(s) you wanted your child to go to . |
| 21 | I should have told you the Huns have balloons the way you have the runs , but they are short of skilled observers ? |
| 22 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 23 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 24 | ‘ I think she ought … to have told him the truth — or else refused him … |
| 25 | She had told him a lie about Auntie Lou going for a walk up the mountain and Auntie Lou did n't know what she 'd said . |
| 26 | She had told him a tale , looking slyly at him while she played with his left hand . |
| 27 | He 'd liked the story well enough , admittedly , given a fairly good display to his half-dozen column inches yesterday ; but when Mike had told him the press conference to which Briant had agreed could make a much better story , he had n't seemed to think much of it . |
| 28 | He told the doctors all about how my dad had come back to life in this grey cardigan and had told him the secrets of the universe . |
| 29 | He had never forgotten the day in the bide shed when Nutty had told him the horses were going back to the knacker 's , and the fearful panic that had exploded inside him , worse than any brushes with the police or his father , worse than anything he could ever remember . |
| 30 | Kenneth had told him the story , years ago , about when Fergus put Lachy Watt 's eye out ; he 'd stuck a fossil bone in it , or something . |