Example sentences of "told me [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 2 | Tiriac is still miffed that the ATP final did not come to Stuttgart : ‘ The ATP told me to join the auction , but I am too good to have to do that . ’ |
| 3 | On one sunny afternoon , when running and feeding a platen-machine ( by hand ) and sweating profusely owing to the heat , the rattle of the front-door bell told me to attend the counter . |
| 4 | She told me to lift the lid , and there inside were packed hundreds of balls of different coloured wool . |
| 5 | ‘ You told me to take the Riverton file down to the vault . |
| 6 | He told me to leave the track . |
| 7 | Emil told me to collect the champagne glasses , pour the water and put a pot of breadsticks on each table . |
| 8 | He told me to adopt the Perry Como technique . |
| 9 | ‘ Bring nothing with you , ’ she had advised and , laughing uproariously , told me to keep the taxi window up . |
| 10 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 11 | Then he suddenly told me to fetch the chopper from the cellar . |
| 12 | My brain told me to pull the trigger but my finger would n't respond . |
| 13 | He , too , was being provocative , quite deliberately making it a clash of wills , but still smiling as he told me to get the bags into the Toyota . |
| 14 | Oh everything , they give me a stack of batteries , they told me to change the batteries after every three tapes |