Example sentences of "and told [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't know who he was talking to , but believed , from films he had seen , that R.C. priests drank whisky and told long stories ; that could be useful at the present juncture . |
| 2 | They read some of his books together , and told each other stories . |
| 3 | They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight . |
| 4 | And if had n't of got on the phone and sort of made a song and dance about it , and told one or two things , and said one or two things they come up with a bit more money , but again you have to lie through your teeth to get back what you 're really entitled to ! |
| 5 | I kept a machine for a lady who was ‘ putting a cheque in the post ’ and told other callers that the machine was sold . |
| 6 | I stood up for him and said it was rubbish , and told all the black players to quit training . |
| 7 | Reeling from her wounds , she still managed to give her car 's call sign — Delta Romeo Three Two — and told listening colleagues she was going after the man . |
| 8 | The terminology of Locke is still considered valid to support the argument advanced in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads : we are referred to ‘ sensations ’ and ‘ ideas ’ , and told that ‘ falsehood of description ’ has been avoided , for the object of poetry is ‘ truth ’ . |
| 9 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 10 | Milliners ' assistants did take feathers and fancy buttons from their workrooms and told amazing tales when they were apprehended wearing them in their Sunday hats . |
| 11 | Within weeks she had sacked Kathy Pitkin , who played teenage bride Fizz and told six others she would not be renewing their contracts . |
| 12 | I knew Flora cared no more about my opinions than about the opinions of the rather derelict Arabs , drinking Coca-Cola at the bar — probably a good deal less , in fact , since theirs would be useful copy for her — but she was kind enough to pretend that she did , drew me out and flattered me until I felt witty and successful and told outrageous stories about people we knew . |
| 13 | ‘ What will they do to you after I am gone ? ’ he exclaimed , and told Cranmer that he should change the crane on his coat of arms to a pelican , for like this bird he would have to give his life for his child , the English Church . |
| 14 | On the second day of the UN-enforced air boycott , Tripoli radio said envoys from France , Germany , Italy , Sweden , Belgium , Czechoslovakia and Japan were summoned to the Foreign Ministry and told some of their number would be expelled . |
| 15 | ‘ The first time , ’ he said , ‘ I was standing at Sandown airport and told this man that Frank Spencer was flying the plane that was coming down to land . |
| 16 | When I returned to Washington and told this story , I received several accounts of severe reactions , including psychosis , among healthy individuals who had taken this drug . |
| 17 | She ignored me , and told Posi to repeat the message . |