Example sentences of "told [pers pn] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 2 | In New Orleans , his brother and sister met Susan Schilling , who told them the story of her . |
| 3 | ( Peru : the very name arose from a misunderstanding on the part of the Spaniards when Indians told them the name of a river : originally , it was known simply as ‘ New Castille ’ . ) |
| 4 | who told them the truth about her letter to Sir Charles |
| 5 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 6 | When Stephen told me the name of the submarine captain , I recognized it . |
| 7 | One afternoon , while walking in the gardens of Thornfield , he told me the story of his love-affair in Paris with a French dancer , Céline . |
| 8 | He closed his moist , red-rimmed eyes and , in a voice soft and careful , told me the story of St Tom . |
| 9 | He told me the story of the house . |
| 10 | He told me the story about where he got it — it was real interesting , and a true story — not a made-up one . |
| 11 | Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house . |
| 12 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 13 | The pater told me his former guardians had frittered away the money his father left him , and Harry told me the amount of the salary Mr Harvey pays him . |
| 14 | And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign . |
| 15 | And I assume it was your sister who told you the name of the family I was looking for ? ’ |
| 16 | I told you the way of that . ’ |
| 17 | But , erm , I told you the story of our cleaning lady . |
| 18 | ‘ I told you the truth about Havvie . |
| 19 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 20 | Leo had chuckled when Barbara told him the story of Hubert 's conversion . |
| 21 | I told him the story of my adventures and about life in England , and he told me about his country and his people . |
| 22 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 23 | I think Joe told him the name of his attackers , and it 's obviously someone … someone … " |
| 24 | Did n't know you , anything about you , and the only thing I can think of to explain it is that Maura , Donal 's sister , told him the name of the family I was looking for . |
| 25 | Local gallery owner John Rux-Burton , 33 , claims his grandfather told him the secret of Shingle Street before his death in 1974 . |
| 26 | I told him the history of the charts , my initial idea for a peephole of some sort . |
| 27 | Mr Lytham , however , when he called at the nursing-home to obtain Dorothy 's signature to her will , was far from happy when his client told him the content of the letter . |
| 28 | When Topaz gave Lovat his answer she also told him the truth about her interlude with Andrew . |
| 29 | Mid-level Immediately I told him the truth about it , ( he relented . ) |
| 30 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |