Example sentences of "i told [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN I told a colleague that an artist wanted to paint my portrait , his reaction was one of thinly veiled envy . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's under the arch and through the saucepans , ’ I told a million shoppers who wanted the ladies — or at least I think that 's where it was . |
| 3 | ‘ No , Dad , I told a few of the lads … . ’ |
| 4 | If ever I told a little lie , my father [ Sir Michael Havers , former Attorney General ] could tell just like that . |
| 5 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 6 | ‘ I told a lie : I always cheat . |
| 7 | I told a few more lies . |
| 8 | I am sorry to say I told a huge lie by saying , ‘ No . ’ |
| 9 | As I told a couple of surveyors I met at the ground earlier today , ‘ Building on here would be like trying to wallpaper a Slumberland mattress . ’ |
| 10 | Oh yes and er what I , I did n't I , say I told a lie . |
| 11 | Then , for the next twenty-five minutes , I told a joke . |
| 12 | They realised I told a better story when I was composed . |
| 13 | For another thing , I told a friend of mine at Corps to shuffle his documents if the frogs started looking for us . |
| 14 | As long as I told a teacher I was alright . |
| 15 | I told no one , not even Méli , about my visit to Conchis , but I spent many hours conjecturing about the mysterious third person in the house . |
| 16 | I told no one , so how did you find us ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ That 's why I told no one back at the manor of our visit . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , like I told the foreign gentleman , there was dancing in the sitting room , and this Mrs Heatherington-Scott she was dancing with Mr Merrivale . ’ |
| 19 | Bob blushed at his unaccustomed prominence , but said promptly : ‘ Four , like I told the foreign gentleman . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll move in tomorrow , ’ I told the man on the desk . |
| 21 | ‘ Eat up , ’ I told the nearest bird . |
| 22 | ‘ I told the BMA at our meeting that I was not changing my ground , and after my explanation of the position they accepted my assurance . ’ |
| 23 | I told the foreman , ‘ Next time I wo n't cry , I 'll make you cry . ’ |
| 24 | I told the manager , ‘ You misjudge people , you think they are daft . |
| 25 | Eventually , the song becomes a real-time simulation of a locked groove , an out-of-control roller-coaster of dread but also of resilience : ‘ And the Mercy Seat is waiting/And I think my head is burning/And in a way I 'm yearning/To be done with all this measuring of proof/An eye for an eye/And a tooth for a tooth/And anyway I told the truth/And I 'm not afraid to die . ’ |
| 26 | The policy was cleared over the next few days and on 19 March I told the House of Commons that |
| 27 | As far as I was concerned , that merely represented a different path to the same goal and so on 22 June I told the House of Commons that rail electrification was going ahead . |
| 28 | I told the conference that I had not come into politics to preside over the destruction of the National Health Service and repeated the Government 's commitment to it . |
| 29 | First , I told the Cabinet Office I was not prepared to have my paper discussed with this division outstanding . |
| 30 | I told the man that I was a friend of hers before she married Nigel Hughes . |