Example sentences of "and told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | SEOUL ( AFP ) — Pope John Paul II urged South Korea to work for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula peacefully and told the President , Roh Tae Woo , that the division symbolised suffering . |
| 2 | So I put two and two together and told the state police . ’ |
| 3 | However , she attended the hearing and told the coroner she agreed with the police report . |
| 4 | I took a picture last night and put a plastic bag on and told the farmer we were n't going to put him in jail here and now . |
| 5 | It was a bit cross ( and told the Germans so ) when Germany seemed to think it could have a debate about whether Turkey , a NATO member , was entitled to the benefits of the same collective security which Germany has enjoyed for more than four decades . |
| 6 | The man survived the war and told the tale and has lived a purposeful life ever since , seeking to carry on Kolbe 's work of reconciliation . |
| 7 | He was on a short Embarkation Leave and told the whole story once again to Clarissa . |
| 8 | The runner has gone into it and told the story of the battle . |
| 9 | And told the cat Hastings , to whom she talked , because cats liked to be talked to , it comforted them , and because it comforted her , too , helped her marshal her thoughts . |
| 10 | The third row followed suit and before long enough people were laughing and questioning that Beecher raised his hand and told the story so that all could hear . |
| 11 | I had both radiators removed and transferred to the lorry and told the driver to go to the nearest large town and to contact the best plumber to help me repair the radiators . |
| 12 | Douglas was glad to acknowledge Miller 's help and told the Royal Society that he had received some coconuts ‘ germinated in this country by the industrious Mr. Miller , by whose care and skill they were brought to this perfection ; and besides he very freely communicated to me for the good of the publick his own methods in management in raising them which I here desire may be read in his words . ’ |
| 13 | MI5 claimed to have carefully investigated each of the stories and told the inquiry that no evidence to support them was ever found . |
| 14 | They had booked a Toyota camper van and told the hire company they intended spending the next three weeks touring New Zealand . |
| 15 | Quite unexpectedly , at 9.00 a.m. on 12 July , the couple turned up at Auckland airport and told the hire company 's office there that they had to return early to Europe and were planning to catch the 11.30 a.m . |
| 16 | He was optimistic about the future and told the others that the politicians would be driven out after the war and the people would find their inspiration in science , technology , work and sport . |
| 17 | He put a thousand-franc note on his bedside table and told the porter to let Modigliani in whenever he wanted . |
| 18 | He and Fonda retired to their trailer , smoked some marijuana and then came out and told the crowd of local youths that they should imagine that the two of them had just arrived in town , and , on the way , they had picked up a local girl of fifteen , and raped and left her in the bushes . |
| 19 | He also suggested special terms for Jewish immigration and land purchase , and told the Jewish Agency that he hoped Syria would later join this ‘ united kingdom ’ . |
| 20 | More than four months later , the victim of the crime recognized her jewellery in the shop window and told the police . |
| 21 | Foggerty , curious , asked Sam whether it was true that Nutty was continuing with her captaincy of a tetrathlon team : ‘ That fellow called with those pistols and told the head he 'd come to train them or something . |
| 22 | Then he went round to the back and told the Brownie Guider who was sitting on a bench inside with the Brownies . |
| 23 | Eventually he bent over and told the Head Girl to kick him ; she was amazed but she did so — just stepped forward and kicked him and that was exactly the step he wanted . |
| 24 | In turn , this cousin went round to my house , and told the family to collect me in the morning . |
| 25 | The young man , with no means of meeting the acceptance when it came due , took fright and told the whole story to J.W. who told his father who , on the advice of his solicitor , consented to pay back the borrowed £150 with interest at five per cent per annum , and to return the trumpery jewellery which luckily his son had considered too worthless to sell . |
| 26 | After it had been selected , I re-entered and told the audience to think about the article in question . |
| 27 | One-time manager of the US Ryder Cup team , Fred ‘ The Cork ’ celebrated his new appointment at ‘ Toot 's Shor 's ’ , a New York night spot , and told the sport 's in-crowd he was now working for Hopkins , genius behind General Dynamics and the godfather of a worldwide golfing jamboree that could , handled properly , go places . |
| 28 | He moved the case to one side , rolled back the carpet and told the others to sit by the bookcase . |
| 29 | Then a police car pulled in behind , then another one , and four lovely bobbies got out and told the Americans — well , they must have been Americans , and huge they were — to put their guns away or be disarmed . |
| 30 | After the children were driven away , Mrs B was taken back into the house and told the police had a warrant to search it . |