Example sentences of "he told [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He told her of the visit to the farm , reminded her of the discovery of the swan and the bird 's skull ( though he knew this was taking a chance after her first , alarming reaction to the news ) , and mentioned again the note and the feather in his room . |
| 2 | It was n't until almost his last breath that he told her of the board beneath his bed and what was under it , assuring her he had saved it for her . |
| 3 | He told her of the coming to Ireland of her Norman ancestors , the de la Houssaies , and of their rise to power in Corcaguiney . |
| 4 | Only Ember cared enough to come and talk to her ; from what he told her of the others , both the towered and the plain , she was glad . |
| 5 | He had not seen the kings but he told her of the baby who was born to be King in a nearby village called Bethlehem . |
| 6 | No hearts were going to be broken , he told her with the frankest face , if he were to run off with a Protestant and have a dozen kids . |
| 7 | When he told her about the children at Dovercourt she and a friend went along to help in teaching English . |
| 8 | He told her about the woman with the flute . |
| 9 | He told her about the fairies who lived in the holes on the river bank , and how Billy was half leprechaun . |
| 10 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |
| 11 | He told him of the goal that has held him through three years in the University of the North — a campus from which student riots have spread through the country . |
| 12 | He told them of the product launches during the year , Cruzcampo 's success at the Expo event in Spain , and the development of the new staff restaurant to replace the old canteen . |
| 13 | He told them about the oranges and bananas that grow in Aula and the quantities of milk and curd , and then about the monkeys that hop around and eat the crops . |
| 14 | He told them about the journey down , the woman in black , the taxi-driver . |
| 15 | He told them about the Thing , and space , and the Ship in the sky . |
| 16 | Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos . |
| 17 | Under interrogation he told them about the ball of wax and , when he finally shat it out , they cut it open and found a letter . |
| 18 | He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard . |
| 19 | He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness . |
| 20 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 21 | He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him . |
| 22 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
| 23 | He told me about the cross . |
| 24 | Because he he told me about the chap who was his agent . |
| 25 | I suppose I should be grateful he told me about the call at all , but he had to really , did n't he ? |
| 26 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 27 | I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , he told me about the necessity of recasting . |
| 29 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 30 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |