Example sentences of "[pron] tell the old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I told the old man at the gate — a sure method of propagating the lie — I was off to Hydra for the week-end . |
| 2 | ‘ Dr Jones 'll be in to look at that woman directly , Paddy , ’ she told the old porter as he ambled up . |
| 3 | While she drank her lemonade and ate her biscuits she told the old lady about Brownies and how she had left her bike on the edge of the wood . |
| 4 | Headlined Spare my life … rape me , she told the Old Bailey court ‘ He said ‘ I 'm going to kill you ’ . |
| 5 | They told the old lady what had happened . |
| 6 | They told the old woman to do her work and then hurry after them . |