Example sentences of "told him [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |
| 2 | They then drew alongside him and told him again to put his hands on the handlebars . |
| 3 | I told him again how I had been reinforced in my belief that , whereas Germany seemed intent on war , Italy , while verbally identifying herself with the Axis , would clutch at any straw to evade participation , and that our policy should be to keep her out of it with every means in our power . |
| 4 | ‘ As long as it takes to get our work done , ’ she told him non-committally . |
| 5 | I told him flatly , and I told him to shock . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've got another one , ’ Finn told him flatly . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't work like that , ’ she told him flatly . |
| 8 | ‘ No excuses , Luke , but I have got something to say , ’ she told him flatly . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , I did that , ’ she told him flatly , ‘ but if that was your intention which I doubt , do n't you think it might have been kinder to have left me with a few illusions ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It has nothing to do with Mitch , ’ she told him flatly . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm really not interested in cars , ’ she told him flatly . |
| 12 | ‘ She was very sick , ’ Lydia told him coldly . |
| 13 | ‘ He was executed , ’ Merymose told him coldly , leaving Huy with an extra burden on his conscience ; though in this case the burden was easier to bear , since Huy , given the choice , would never have put the interests of the prisoner below those of the jailer . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not interested in a guided tour , ’ she told him coldly . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's very simple , ’ Anabelle told him sweetly . |
| 16 | ‘ We had separate rooms , Luke , ’ she told him tartly . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , if I was , ’ Robbie told him tartly , ‘ I knew nothing about it . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not bored , ’ Robbie told him indignantly . |
| 19 | Robbie told him indignantly . |
| 20 | ‘ If that is what you want , Mr Reynolds , then I 'm sure David can be persuaded to leave with his family , ’ Beth told him icily ; though in fact she despaired of ever persuading him to leave this house . |
| 21 | ‘ I can see what you 're doing , ’ she told him icily . |
| 22 | She told him nervously , one eye on Alexander , how she had stayed with one of Mme Grimaud 's innumerable cousins in Orange , had seen Racine 's Britannicus and a Cocteau ballet on the same subject in the Théâtre Antique . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure you 're right — but we do have a problem , ’ she told him nervously . |
| 24 | Princess Anne , who was at the helm of the boat she chose with his help , gazed back and told him simply : ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 25 | I took him around the garden and told him simply , in the hope that it would feed through to the Romanian government , that we were making the most enormous efforts to try to break this COCOM problem . |
| 26 | I told him simply that I had felt ill at a very unfortunate moment . |
| 27 | Elizabeth Woodville told him woefully . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we 've concluded our business , ’ she told him crisply as she snatched open the driver 's door and climbed into the sun-warmed interior . |
| 29 | ‘ I told him straight . |
| 30 | They did n't want his help , each one told him straight , because by the time he was briefed into what they were working on , then he would be away and they 'd have wasted the classroom time . |