Example sentences of "told he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could see very little , but the sound of their laughter told him a whole group of workmen had crept up on him while he was hugging the yard wall , fearful of the big Great Dane . |
| 2 | His book was fascinating , it gave innumerable hints , told him a dozen short cuts , helped with clear diagrams for various well-known difficulties . |
| 3 | I told him a leash was all I had . |
| 4 | Drinking half her cup she put it down , twisted round to face him , her chin resting in her hand , and told him a strange story . |
| 5 | Ellwood asked a lot of questions ; Piper told him a great deal about how the universe was ordered by the laws of music . |
| 6 | Slowly , disconnectedly , prompted by him , I told him a bit about Alison ; remembering his frankness the night before , produced some of my own . |
| 7 | ‘ I told him a few home truths , but it was a waste of breath , there was nothing I could do . ’ |
| 8 | Nick , who had feared a torridly emotional hour or so was relieved by this ; grateful , he had shared half a bottle of brandy with Martin and told him a great deal about the behaviour of adolescents in certain African tribes , a safe subject , and one he was apt to enlarge on when drunk . |
| 9 | Silas spoke to the sister in charge of the ward , who told him a little about Bertha 's injuries . |
| 10 | And colleagues told him a body matching his daughter 's description had already been found . |
| 11 | ‘ Far from it ! ’ she said thickly , but her racing pulses told him a different story , and she knew her desire for him was growing stronger with each moment they spent together . |
| 12 | Yes well I think I told him a wrong , you see , there were two there there are two ways of tackling it and I do n't think the way I told him is what they want for the examination purposes , at all ! |
| 13 | I told him an hour ago Quinn had secured further proof that Simon was alive and apparently well — the sixth time Quinn 's got the kidnappers to prove that . |
| 14 | I told him the history of the charts , my initial idea for a peephole of some sort . |
| 15 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 16 | Erika told him the reason , expecting a sneering laugh , but the Lout was impressed . |
| 17 | Some Ministers told him the switch should be to income tax ; others , including Kenneth Baker , the home secretary , suggested VAT . |
| 18 | Local gallery owner John Rux-Burton , 33 , claims his grandfather told him the secret of Shingle Street before his death in 1974 . |
| 19 | The treacherous four-footer he holed at the next told him the title was his . |
| 20 | ‘ I almost had the creature last night , ’ Mr Crangle told him the next day . |
| 21 | Endill told him the quickest way out of the school . |
| 22 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 23 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
| 24 | Sandison told him the whole story , the one he had told to Mrs Wilson : that he was Elsie 's brother , that he was convinced she was still alive even though she had disappeared so many years before . |
| 25 | After she contacted her boyfriend and told him the news , they immediately headed back to Leeds . |
| 26 | From his knowledge of ‘ Romances , & Relations of Giants & Magicians , & Genii ’ , his mind was soon ‘ habituated to the Vast ’ , and when , walking home to Ottery one winter evening , his father told him the names of the stars ‘ and how Jupiter was a thousand times larger than our world — and that the other twinkling stars were Suns that had worlds rolling round them ’ , Coleridge listened with profound delight , ‘ but without the least mixture of wonder or incredulity ’ . |
| 27 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 28 | Edouard ordered her a citron pressé , and then quietly listened as — slowly at first , then with gathering confidence — she told him the whole story . |
| 29 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |
| 30 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |