Example sentences of "told [pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told them not to concern themselves about him ; his overcoat was all right , and the woollen undervest they had sent was comfortable , thank you . |
| 2 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 3 | I told them always to hold their heads up high because , at the end of the day , this family is as good as any other . |
| 4 | He gripped her gloved arm fastidiously in his gloved fingers and said , confidentially , ‘ He told me not to mention his name . |
| 5 | Ca n't remember if you told me not to mention it to you or not that was it that it was supposed to be a private conversation , I ca n't remember . |
| 6 | If you knew about the letter , you could just have phoned me and told me not to open it . |
| 7 | He told me not to open my mouth to either of you and Una until such time when he would tell all three of you himself . |
| 8 | He told me not to put myself into my work , and not to poeticise things ( I am a poet ! ) . |
| 9 | They told me not to move my head or they would blow it off . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Josh told me not to disturb him . |
| 11 | and Richard goes no Rebecca just told me not to do it , so you should n't |
| 12 | Who told me not to do it , put salt into the water then ? |
| 13 | He said — he said he should n't know himself really , but one of the people there , the tour leader , told him and told him not to say anything , and Cedric ’ — she breathed deeply again — ‘ told me , and told me not to say anything . ’ |
| 14 | He told me not to say anything so I did n't ? |
| 15 | I asked what was the problem and they told me not to bother my pretty head with scum . |
| 16 | She looked away so that Trent would n't see her misery : ‘ He told me not to tell anyone . ’ |
| 17 | it was someone else that told me but told me not to tell anyone and I had to beg it out of him cos I just wanted to know . |
| 18 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 19 | ‘ You were drunk when you told me where to see her . |
| 20 | ‘ Declan told me how to disable it , but not how to mend it . |
| 21 | ‘ Ray told me never to lose my individuality , always to believe in what I did best . |
| 22 | As her parting shot she told me never to phone her at this time of the night again . |
| 23 | His mother was talking to the police at the time , but she insisted on dressing him herself , and told everyone not to touch him . |
| 24 | er I , I would n't , I told everyone not to get one . |
| 25 | He stood at the side of Pentonville Road , by a telephone junction-box with posters advertising Woza Albert on it , and he told himself not to expect everything . |
| 26 | It was a comforting diversion ; he told himself not to question it too deeply and accept it for now . |
| 27 | I told ye not to have anythin' to do with Una O'Malley . |
| 28 | And I told you not tell anyone and you were n't going to Mary ! |
| 29 | I told you not to disturb me . |
| 30 | Stuart touched her on the arm — not a gesture I had ever seen come naturally to him before — and muttered , ‘ I told you not to believe anything he said . ’ |