Example sentences of "he told [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E told me they was askin' after somebody 'e used ter know . |
| 2 | Like I said , 'e told me an' Tony McCarthy that there 's no end o' silk on the ground floor an' upstairs there 's cases o' real ivory ornaments . |
| 3 | ‘ My ole man got upset an' 'e told me ter get rid o' the bloody fing before 'e got 'ome from work ternight. 'E works on the trams , yer see , ’ the woman explained . |
| 4 | 'E told me 'e might be late an' not ter wait up , ’ Sadie went on . |
| 5 | Anyway , I asked 'im what 'e done in the war an' 'e told me it was no concern o' mine . |
| 6 | ‘ Anyway , 'e told me ter get out an' called me a lazy so-an'-so so I stuck one on 'im . |
| 7 | This copper said the Tunnel Mob 's bin done fer a ware'ouse job in Wappin'. 'E told me they was still lookin' fer two more blokes who was involved but they do n't know who they was . ’ |
| 8 | Dad 'eard 'er an' 'e told 'er that while 'e 'ad two 'ands she was not to borrow money off 'er . |
| 9 | Now yer know what a cowson that Frank is. 'E told 'er ter piss orf out of it in no uncertain terms an' Maudie told 'im she was gon na send 'er ole man round ter sort 'im out . |
| 10 | What 's more , 'e told 'er if she did n't stop 'er silly carryin 's on , 'e was gon na leave 'er . ’ |
| 11 | It broke 'er 'eart when 'e told 'er 'e was orf ter India . ’ |
| 12 | 'E told us on Sunday at the sermon . |
| 13 | He told her tales of run-away wives , too-small dowries , adultery among the rich of Bombay ( which took many evenings ) and , most delicious , political corruption . |
| 14 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 15 | He told her things she had not known about him — good things , acts of generosity — it came out that it was he who had got Simon on to my pictures , the Douanier and the Gris ; he had practically given them to him . |
| 16 | Then he did tell her , but he told her lies . |
| 17 | She 'd inwardly fumed when he told her drug users were habitual liars , that they 'd say or do anything to get what they wanted . |
| 18 | The judge was satisfied he told what he believed to be the truth about his fear for his own safety and his shock and horror at the suffering and death of many men , some of them friends . |
| 19 | it did not pacify Madge , he wrote , and when he told her they could have another go at it the following month she told him she had had enough . |
| 20 | She apparently threatened to leave him unless he told her who the person was . |
| 21 | Anyway , he told her . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , he told her . |
| 23 | What exactly he told her I do n't know , but that 's all in the past now . ’ |
| 24 | He told her she had a lovely body and when she went to bed with him , she said ( he 'd find out about it anyway and drop her ) : |
| 25 | After a few scotches , he told her he 'd buy a dishwasher , throwing in a string of fatuous clichés about her delicate hands , sparkling and making her laugh . |
| 26 | Each man took time to compliment her hair , her face , her clothes , her figure ; he told her a great deal about herself . |
| 27 | When he finished he told her about himself . |
| 28 | ‘ White Lambrusco , ’ he told her . |
| 29 | He was more concerned to get her last report on Michael Morrissey who , now he told her , had a grown brother in the IRA and so , as the Head put it , the family had been made unwelcome in Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | Or maybe even further than that : to those warm sunny days when she sat watching her Daddy and asking him questions and he told her like he always did - ‘ Go and play , there 's a good girl . ’ |