Example sentences of "told i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 2 | A powerful urge told me to return to the station and get on the train back to Jamila 's place . |
| 3 | When I caught up with Jean-Claude , he told me to return to the cottage alone . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The police told me to turn in the opposite direction . |
| 7 | He told me to look across the moor to a place which was a bright green colour . |
| 8 | ‘ This woman told me to come to the church and do some healing . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’ |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | ’ He told me to write with the head , and not with the heart . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ He told me to stay in the house — not to go out . ’ |
| 14 | Francis told me to stay in the cabana while you were there 'cause you were his wife . |
| 15 | 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 . |