Example sentences of "told [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 2 | In New Orleans , his brother and sister met Susan Schilling , who told them the story of her . |
| 3 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 4 | ( Peru : the very name arose from a misunderstanding on the part of the Spaniards when Indians told them the name of a river : originally , it was known simply as ‘ New Castille ’ . ) |
| 5 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 6 | Later in the evening , when the sheep and cows were in , and the family was sitting round the fire , Śa kar told them the whole story of what had happened . |
| 7 | Bill Barnes took off with two others , one I believe was Orr , and had climbed to about 2,000 feet after making contact with the Malta Tower who told them the raid was coming in low and very fast . ’ |
| 8 | Paul doubted it , and his fears were confirmed when the assistant told them the price . |
| 9 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 10 | ILL-MANNERED Tories booed , hissed and slow-handclapped Brighton 's Labour mayor as she told them the hard facts of life in Major 's Britain . |
| 11 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 12 | I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here . |
| 13 | I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’ |
| 14 | We told them the truth and as usual when a panic was over they apologized but warned that we must be patient . |
| 15 | Girls of various shapes and sizes paraded in front of the boys while she told them the prices so that they would be sure they had enough money on them . |
| 16 | who told them the truth about her letter to Sir Charles |
| 17 | It 's makers , Smithkline Beecham told them the 2 litre bottle was from a faulty batch and to empty it carefully as it could explode . |
| 18 | Mrs Bottomley told them the health service had to move with the times and some closures were inevitable . |
| 19 | ‘ We told them the money would go to other children who do n't have any toys and , worse than that , do n't have any food or anywhere to live . ’ |
| 20 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 21 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 22 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 23 | They told me the legal position and asked how hard I was prepared to fight . |
| 24 | I called the local council who told me the wasps were best left until the end of the season when they would follow their queen and find somewhere else to live . |
| 25 | Robson said yesterday : ‘ Bobby told me the atmosphere got to certain players last time . |
| 26 | He told me the story again as we sat in the campsite in Skaftafell . |
| 27 | Sharmi told me the story : |
| 28 | He told me the story about where he got it — it was real interesting , and a true story — not a made-up one . |
| 29 | I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way . |
| 30 | One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self . |