Example sentences of "[noun sg] told [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 43-year-old star of The Charmer telephoned the BBC moments after its Watchdog programme told of the plight of mother-of-three Jenny Graham . |
| 2 | If the Joseph story told of the healing of conflict among brothers , it told also of the proper fulfilment of the bond between father and son . |
| 3 | The fishing-boats had landed the catch of the night , and were spreading their nets on the tall masts erected for drying them over ; a bridge spanned the mountain stream that bounded towards the bay in wild leaps ; and all the glen , with its mountain girdling its steep precipices , its grass slopes , was veiled in mystery — only the nearer shoulders of the hill revealed their naked rock , and the outflow of the rushing stream told of the heights we could not see . |
| 4 | I shed a tear or two as Movietone news told of the death of our dearly loved Chief , Lord Robert Baden-Powell . |
| 5 | The England game , very exciting yes and really to the last minute you did n't know who was going to win it , with France coming back with two late tries erm but England 's forward domination told in the end . |