Example sentences of "[noun] told [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack Kinley told me about one case . |
| 2 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 3 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 4 | Most of the places he saw were uninhabitable , or required a permit from the Office of Works to make them less so , but a friend of John Hayward told him of some rooms in Carlyle Mansions , a Victorian apartment building along the Chelsea Embankment which looks out over the Thames . |
| 5 | When MacDonald told him on 29 September that he was having difficulty finding a formula which could unite his colleagues , George V |
| 6 | ( President Assad told him on that occasion that Saddam Hussein was like a chain-smoker : ‘ He can not help lighting another one before he has finished the first . |
| 7 | Tom told us of one horse whose molars on one side of the mouth were excessively short and on the other very long . |
| 8 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 9 | The sheer weight of goodwill fax messages told them of this fact . |
| 10 | ‘ Robert told me in quiet tones and averted eyes how he climbed the stairs behind the prostitute in this house where she conducted her trade . |
| 11 | Mr told us about regional offices , about how many of those were there in nineteen eighty seven ? |
| 12 | He started accusing everyone from Sam Gristy to Jan Treffry himself of meddling with his fish barrels , and insisted on one of Sam 's barrels being opened as well ; but when it was found to be brim full Martha told him in plain terms that as far as she was concerned , he had lost the contest . |
| 13 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 15 | The more video recordings we collected , the more we talked to hearing professionals , the greater appeared the gulf between what hearing people told us about deaf signing and what deaf people were actually doing . |
| 16 | The old man told me in this connection : |
| 17 | And er oh she says to m She could n't did n't speak Welsh but she told what the old man told her in that shop there . |
| 18 | The man told him in sarcastic tones that he could have his £9 back at any time if he brought in the young lady in the photograph . |
| 19 | George thought shrugged and said : ‘ Sprague told me in deepest confidence but … |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , he sees me , ’ Belinda told her with some spirit . |
| 21 | ‘ Mind you do n't neglect him , ’ Ratagan told her with mock severity . |
| 22 | Life can take many strange twists , ’ Jonas told her in all seriousness , then softened the whole with a laugh . |
| 23 | About four years later all three children told us in private conversations that they were missing contact with their respective fathers . |
| 24 | Brown told him in thirty seconds . |
| 25 | Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’ |