Example sentences of "[noun prp] and told [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Moustachio , " the US intelligence agent who had already visited him in February , returned.He met the Shah in the palace in Rabat and told him of all the dangers that the US systems would pose for him-lawsuits to find his money , congressional subpoenas and demonstrations . |
| 2 | Lewis had written to Uncle Hilbert and told him of his intention to name his son after him , inviting him to be the child 's godfather . |
| 3 | With everything ready , I telephoned Brigadier Catto in England and told him about Daffodil Quentin and the touching little scene in the winners ' circle . |
| 4 | Mr Brandreth met with Mr Hanley and told him in no uncertain terms that the people of Chester were far from happy with the decision to go to Glasgow . |
| 5 | When Vivien appeared on the set badly made-up , with her wig perched ridiculously high on her head and refusing to alter a single thing , Asher reluctantly called Olivier and told him of the problems . |
| 6 | Yet he had since seen Aycliffe and told him of his unaltered intention to come into possession of them by wedding her . |
| 7 | I telephoned Anna-Lisa after the AAAs and told her about my injury . |
| 8 | If Charlie had been a different man , a cultivated man or effeminate or living in a bygone age when tongues were more freely unloosed , he might now have embraced Jack and told him from a full heart how he entered wholly into his joy and would die for his happiness . |
| 9 | She phoned Kate and told her about the funeral and the goat clinic and Kate laughed and said , poor old thing . |
| 10 | My wife read an article in the hairdressers about Taxol and told me about it . |
| 11 | Unable to hold his excitement , Clark telephoned Professor Frank Cox of King 's College London and told him of the results . |
| 12 | Then she had gone to Mother Benedicta and told her of her sin . |