Example sentences of "[adv] told [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 2 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 3 | Kenneth More told me of the unfortunate happenings on the set of The Mercenaries which he made in 1966 in Jamaica with Hollywood star ( though Australian born ) Rod Taylor and American football star Jim Brown . |
| 4 | I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out . |
| 5 | The Minister also told me in a written reply about the education and social opportunities that were available to young offenders . |
| 6 | I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " . |
| 7 | She often told me of the nightly air-raids , her parents worn out from fire-watching , houses in the familiar streets suddenly plunged into dust , people suddenly gone , news of sons lost at the Front . |
| 8 | She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time . |
| 9 | But she could not , so she simply told him in a flat tone , ‘ We 've recently started exporting to Europe and Japan . |
| 10 | ‘ A thing happened to myself Stevie , last autumn , coming on winter and I never told it to a living soul . |
| 11 | ‘ Who knows about this ? ’ he asked when Kelly haltingly told him of the latest threat to her . |