Example sentences of "[pron] told him [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 2 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 3 | Er I told him about the other one . |
| 4 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 5 | One day , however , walking by the seashore he met an elderly Christian who told him about the Hebrew prophets , undermined his naïve confidence in the moral guidance of philosophers , and converted him to Christianity . |
| 6 | She told him about the new high-tensile fencing they were putting up , and the ten acres of daffodil bulbs they were planting as an experiment rather than consigning the field to set-aside . |
| 7 | She told him about the secretarial course at the technical college and her plans eventually to go to London , perhaps to model . |
| 8 | She told him about the latest developments from Zurich while dressing the wound , filling him in on the backgrounds of Hendrique and Milchan as well as relaying Philpott 's instructions . |
| 9 | ‘ I heard that , ’ she told him in the same language . |