Example sentences of "[pers pn] told [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her about the tragic young man . |
| 2 | I told her about the Scottish physicist Charles ( C.T.R. ) Wilson 's interest in meteorology and of his accidental discovery of the tracks . |
| 3 | I told her of the big green seas , all crinkled and slow , heaving up astern as the icy wind scoured their tops into freezing spume . |
| 4 | I told her of the dead snake that you and she had found once , and which had been your special secret . |
| 5 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 7 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 8 | Er I told him about the other one . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't believe it … definitely the Hamlet if I want it — I 've worked with those people before ; remember I told you about the provincial-theatre year ? ’ she said , scrambling her words . |
| 12 | ‘ I told you at the fair — it 's out of your hands . |
| 13 | I told 'em about the listening post , so I do n't want it compromised , okay ? ’ |
| 14 | You know you you told me about the big boat did n't you ? |
| 15 | When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles . |
| 16 | ‘ So you told 'em about the Regal Arms . ’ , |
| 17 | Lissa 's money gave out , and she told me over an international phone hook-up that she was n't interested any more . |
| 18 | She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's so repressed , Eddie , ’ she told me after the first time . |
| 20 | She told them about the disturbed girl at St Cecilia 's , the girl called Julie who performed feats of levitation , and about the girl who could read a page of a newspaper and remember it , and Enid who could hypnotize with a fountain-pen top . |
| 21 | ‘ Now , I want you both to just relax and take it easy , ’ she told them with a warm smile . |
| 22 | ‘ Your picnic is ready , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm so pleased , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh . |
| 25 | ‘ And for my own , ’ she told him with a small smile . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She told him about the secretarial course at the technical college and her plans eventually to go to London , perhaps to model . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 30 | ‘ I love you , Fernando , ’ she told him in a hoarse whisper , ‘ you must believe that … ’ |