Example sentences of "[conj] told [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to the doctor on the Saturday and he said it was gastroenteritis and prescribed tablets for me for it and told me just to keep up my fluids so I did n't get dehydrated . |
| 2 | And I tears of course , you know , and er the poor old man he was a very small man , Mr , and er he lifted me up and told me never to mind , i could get another shilling . |
| 3 | She sent me to fetch two cups , and told me then to go to my own tea . |
| 4 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 5 | A lot of Scots came this way via the Northern Line from King 's Cross and they were giving their Scottish concert in the concourse when a heavy metal band arrived and told them roughly to move . |
| 6 | They then drew alongside him and told him again to put his hands on the handlebars . |
| 7 | Jim had stomped downstairs wiping the blood off his face with a handkerchief and later it had been Jo and Lisa who had packed his bags and told him never to come back to the house . |
| 8 | He chased the customer down the road and told him never to come in the shop again — that was the way Ron was ! |
| 9 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |