Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the story [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 2 | In New Orleans , his brother and sister met Susan Schilling , who told them the story of her . |
| 3 | One afternoon , while walking in the gardens of Thornfield , he told me the story of his love-affair in Paris with a French dancer , Céline . |
| 4 | He closed his moist , red-rimmed eyes and , in a voice soft and careful , told me the story of St Tom . |
| 5 | He told me the story of the house . |
| 6 | He told me the story about where he got it — it was real interesting , and a true story — not a made-up one . |
| 7 | But , erm , I told you the story of our cleaning lady . |
| 8 | Leo had chuckled when Barbara told him the story of Hubert 's conversion . |
| 9 | I told him the story of my adventures and about life in England , and he told me about his country and his people . |
| 10 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 11 | I told her the story about the wine , that 's all . |
| 12 | That same day , before the galley returned , Bridhe told her the story of the strange baby . |
| 13 | He told us the story of the lapuna tree , the mother of the forest . |
| 14 | Then one time when he was doing some other business with the woman we called Mrs Howard , he sold her the story for a few marks . |