Example sentences of "they told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , however disillusioned many were with the Tories and however much that swayed what they told the pollsters , they simply could not afford the extra tax burdens promised by Labour and the Liberal Democrats . |
| 2 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 3 | During 1986 , when several of The Wedding Present 's contemporaries were signed to major deals , they told the press they were quite content to stay on their own label but , in reality , they wanted to sign with a major label too . |
| 4 | They told the old lady what had happened . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've spent a lot of money on you , ' ’ they told the animal ‘ 'why are n't you performing ? ' ’ ''Ah , ’ replied the bull , ‘ 'I was only sent here in an advisory capacity . ' ’ |
| 6 | They told the Cannes conference that new legislation that requires them to give more information on toxic chemicals to federal safety watchdogs could leave them wide open to spies . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're getting married , ’ they told the boys . |
| 8 | They told the hearing in Hull that Lance was pestering them . |
| 9 | They told the men in custody that they would be released soon and appeared to believe it . |
| 10 | They told the insurance company the same . |
| 11 | They told the president what they wanted him to know … |
| 12 | They told the inquest the same thing . |
| 13 | Jesus said just before he was living his disciples , his followers , you and me , he said you shall receive power after the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me yes we witness by our life but there 's a danger in making that a cop out , because one other requirement of a witness is that they talk , they 've got ta say what they know , these four men were good witnesses , they went back and they told the city what they had found , and there 's placed upon you and me that responsibility to go back and to tell what we 've found , this is a day of good tidings , we do wrong to keep silent . |
| 14 | They told the old woman to do her work and then hurry after them . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues can save money if they do not believe in the nuclear deterrent , and it is high time that they told the country what their priorities are . |
| 16 | If an asylum claim that is not justified under the United Nations convention is to be the means of obtaining settlement in the United Kingdom , we need at the very least to explain , particularly to the minority communities legitimately settled here , why their friends and relatives who would like to come and join them are not allowed to do so because they told the truth when they made their applications , whereas others who are prepared to make an unfounded asylum claim can remain indefinitely . |
| 17 | They told the lieutenant over at the hotel , but he wanted to hear it directly from the company . |
| 18 | They told the remaining post office staff not to raise the alarm for another thirty minutes . |
| 19 | They told the women to go into a back room but they ran upstairs and shouted through a window for people in the street to call the police . |
| 20 | I mean er when they told the tales of the of the seven winds and the was it seven winds ? |
| 21 | Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see . |
| 22 | They told the people in France . |