Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told them to go amongst the people of the land and offer them their service , to defend Minginish instead of conquering it ; for the most earth a man ever needs is what is piled in his grave . |
| 2 | If we told them to point to the empty box they would do so ; but would revert to pointing to the baited box again on the next trial . |
| 3 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 4 | A powerful urge told me to return to the station and get on the train back to Jamila 's place . |
| 5 | When I caught up with Jean-Claude , he told me to return to the cottage alone . |
| 6 | ‘ A few minutes later two guys came running in with masks on they were both shouting and swearing and told me to lie on the ground . |
| 7 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The police told me to turn in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | He told me to look across the moor to a place which was a bright green colour . |
| 10 | ‘ This woman told me to come to the church and do some healing . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’ |
| 12 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 13 | ’ He told me to write with the head , and not with the heart . |
| 14 | I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride , and once she 'd stopped laughing about Simon she told me to head for the pub where I 'd dropped Clara . |
| 15 | ‘ He told me to stay in the house — not to go out . ’ |
| 16 | Francis told me to stay in the cabana while you were there 'cause you were his wife . |
| 17 | And there , the tailor , he 'd been trained in the war , and he he only had one la leg , and he seemed very nice , but er he told me to start on the Monday and then I got a letter . |
| 18 | ‘ I told you to keep to the centre of the track . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I told you to stay at the house . ’ |
| 20 | A nurse taking him for a more experienced dresser had given him a gown and told him to go into the Burns Room . |
| 21 | Benjamin thanked the groom and told him to return to the chateau . |
| 22 | But Thomson was soon back in favour again , receiving instructions on the management of the impending war with Spain in the Caribbean from the Protector , who told him to liaise with the fleet commanders ( 1654 ) , and joining an enlarged trade committee ( 1655 ) . |
| 23 | I told him to surrender without the sugar . |
| 24 | On the third evening of the first week he sent one of his assistants into the dining hall and told him to get on the mike and chat to the campers/diners . |
| 25 | It told him to come to the court on a certain day to defend himself before a Commissioner and the man who said he owed him money . |
| 26 | And er he apparently told her to sit in the car while he finished his |
| 27 | And then , instead of hiding until the passage was clear , fitzAlan had given her a shove and told her to wait in the last cubicle . |
| 28 | Ludens told her to go to the British Museum and the National Gallery , which she did , though declining his offer to ‘ show her round ’ . |
| 29 | She was sitting on the bed cuddling Carla when her mother came in and told her to go to the shops and get some bits and pieces . |
| 30 | Her father , Harry Silcock , 66 , told her to go with the baby into a front bedroom and close the door . |