Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain . |
| 2 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 3 | " You never told me about that old Mr Bale , Lyn , " said Mrs Newman . |
| 4 | The lecturer appointed to teach the students , who was later to become the college 's special needs coordinator , once told me about those early beginnings as ‘ part of the Engineering Department , based in a hut on the field ’ . |
| 5 | My history books told me about those wicked aristocrats of the nineteenth century , they used their position as landlords to force their tenants to , to vote in a certain way , to force their tenants in other words to take up a particular position on a matter of controversy . |
| 6 | Well , this , I told you about this French boy that phoned , that contacted me , he 's erm , my name is , I 'm nineteen , I 'm a student at Harlow College , I 'm studying English foreign language and Law A Level , if there 's an Amnesty International I would like to set up a group in the college I hope you 're involved in local groups are writing you to receive about me , and information about the local group . |
| 7 | That was Michael Willis 's line whenever I told him about some fresh disaster in the surf . |
| 8 | And er half heatedly she decided she ought , she could n't have any more children you know she 'd , I do n't think it was money so much that she thought she 'd got enough and somebody told her about this Slippery Elm , well you could get a Slippery Elm drink , you know you know these milky foods if you 've got a poor tummy , that that can , er she bought a tin of this Slippery Elm drink , and she drunk gallons of it and it was doing her good and she thought er she thought it would n't , she 'd gone wrong you see . |
| 9 | Much of what Patsy told her on that important morning , must have been therapeutic to Patsy , baffling to Shanti , and much of it unknown to me . |