Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Long John told them about Black Dog , saying , ‘ That was how it was , was n't it , Hawkins ? ’
2 Her teacher was white — indeed , all the teachers were white — and told them with great pride that she came from England .
3 He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office .
4 ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness .
5 A skinny Danish girl , who was washing her clothes in a bucket of pondwater , told me with aristocratic scorn about arriviste wastrels on the next beach who were squandering 90 pence a night on their rooms .
6 At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ .
7 I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome .
8 He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States .
9 A voice from the wall beside him said : ‘ Would you understand if I told you about molecular breakdown and reassembly from a wide range of raw materials ? ’
10 ‘ Oh … oh , so was mine , ’ she told him with hasty fervour .
11 ‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’
12 Told him with great enthusiasm .
13 ‘ There are other ways , ’ she told him with Spartan vigour .
14 ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility .
15 I told him about Bad Money — another short , no big deal .
16 She told him about open heart surgery , and lasers ; about credit cards and the cost of living , and the vast expense involved when buying a moderately sized residence like Rose Cottage , which he regarded as little short of scandalous , totally unable to begin to comprehend such vast sums of money being paid for such a relatively small return .
17 And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way .
18 I told him in great detail .
19 ‘ It 's the heavens rejoicing , ’ he told her with firm surety .
20 Awfully cold , ’ he told her with malicious pleasure .
21 ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance .
22 ‘ That 's what one does to necks , ’ he told her with mock menace .
23 ‘ Mind you do n't neglect him , ’ Ratagan told her with mock severity .
24 He also told her in great detail what kind of a woman Gina was .
25 And they told it without on-screen questioning , though the programme is skilfully structured to give it a coherence it might have lacked .
26 The more video recordings we collected , the more we talked to hearing professionals , the greater appeared the gulf between what hearing people told us about deaf signing and what deaf people were actually doing .
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