Example sentences of "[pron] told [pers pn] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I told her to throw the lot away . |
2 | ‘ I told her to get the supper ready . ’ |
3 | I told him to lock the car . |
4 | ‘ I told him to come the day before the operation , ’ she says ‘ I thought I 'd still be looking fairly reasonable then . ’ |
5 | She rang her boss , who told her to call the thief . |
6 | You told them to dump the body in the bay , where it would n't be found for a while . |
7 | wait , wait , you know you told us to use the rest of them and we did n't even get a I think she asked me |
8 | She told me to lift the lid , and there inside were packed hundreds of balls of different coloured wool . |
9 | You know when she told him to close the cupboard ? |
10 | and they say not to eat apples and oranges , er , at one time they told you to eat the lot did n't they apples a day keep the doctor 's away . |
11 | Instead he told her to take the helm . |
12 | ‘ He told them to leave the house immediately and it would appear that they did not take him seriously but laughed when he said this . |
13 | Once the commotion had died down , he told them to break the time pencils and get to work . |
14 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
15 | He told me to leave the track . |