Example sentences of "[noun sg] told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is my is my right honourable friend aware that yesterday the Chairman of the board of inland revenue told the private accounts committee that some five hundred and fifty million pounds of unclaimed tax still remains to be picked up by tax payers who 've been affected by the er the change in the tax regime in the last couple of years where for example women are now assessed independently . |
| 2 | Two days after the filly arrived in his yard , the Somerset trainer told the owner , Helen Read , that the horse would never win a race . |
| 3 | The DoT told the House of Commons transport committee that nearly 1300 joints had been replaced between 1975 and 1982 and a further 750 still had to be replaced . |
| 4 | One reason why we accepted the investment that London Underground told the Monopolies and Mergers Commission was necessary was to ensure that , in years to come , there would be the rolling stock to meet the problems to which the hon. Gentleman referred . |
| 5 | He will be joined by local MP Michael Fallon and Hartlepool Conservative candidate Graham Robb who yesterday said it was high time Labour told the voters what it was going to do about the continuing problems of congestion and accidents on the A1(M) . |
| 6 | Indeed , the College told the Court of the University of London in June 1991 that it would not be adding significantly to its accumulated deficit of £1.2 million in 1991–92 , that student numbers were increasing ‘ comfortably ’ and that surpluses should follow in 1993–94 and 1994–95 and that the main building needed only £5 million until the year 2000 to keep it in good repair . |
| 7 | ‘ We suffered all kinds of punishment , ’ one witness told the Brazilian Justice Ministry . |
| 8 | The witness told the jury that he did n't WANT to give evidence , but the judge told him that he must . |
| 9 | The witness told the court he also heard voices . |
| 10 | Another witness told the coroner she was overtaken by a red car and then the Escort and while she did not feel the cars were racing , they were travelling ‘ fairly quickly ’ and she thought they were together . |
| 11 | In May 1953 the state Department told the British that the Shah wanted to know what the British expected of him . |
| 12 | A quick glance told the plump jolly creature that most of her work had already been done . |
| 13 | A resident of the neighbourhood told the Washington Post that several people had arrived early on Saturday to place bouquets on the bloodstained spot in the alley in which the murder took place . |
| 14 | They understand that we 'll all have to be in there pushing it out , ’ one Congressman told the Los Angeles Times . |
| 15 | Their parents Trevor and Yvonne Key told the inquest the children were secure … |
| 16 | In that case a car dealer who was negotiating to buy a car told the seller that there was no possibility of repairing it and that it was fit only to lie scrapped . |
| 17 | An employee told the Free Press the company aimed to cut the 71,000 workforce by some 5,000 people , 7% . |
| 18 | With inflation under four per cent and unemployment heading for three million , there was no justification for big increases , the Board of Trade President told the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 19 | The position of Drouot is clear its President told The Art Newspaper that without such a licence for at least some of the objects there will be no auction sale at all . |
| 20 | Several questions were put by the Deputation and answered , and then the Mayor told the Committee that the Corporation was " very sensible of the liberality of the offer made by the Goldsmiths ' Company " . |
| 21 | Just like her father , the priest told the same parishioners . |
| 22 | Parke B. , at p. 630 , concluded that the payment ‘ was not voluntary , because , in effect , the defendant told the plaintiff 's clerk , that if he did not pay for certificates when he wanted to make extracts , he should not be permitted to search . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But , inasmuch as before the search began the defendant told the plaintiff 's clerk that the charge would be the same whether he made extracts or had certified copies , and under that pressure the extracts were obtained , and it would have been most dishonourable for the party , after having got the extracts , to refuse to pay , the money so obtained may be recovered back . |
| 24 | The soldier told the hearing he felt justified in opening fire under Army rules written on the military ‘ yellow card ’ . |
| 25 | The Oscar-winning actress told the YP : ‘ To follow Denis Healey 's act you would need to be a genius . ’ |
| 26 | The superintendent told the lie fluently , looking the reporter full in the face . |
| 27 | Yesterday her lawyer told the court : ‘ These boys were more than willing to have intercourse . |
| 28 | And yesterday their lawyer told the Old Bailey : ‘ It brought home to them the serious nature of what they had done . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Crossland 's lawyer told the court that it was a tragic case of a young idealist who was also naive . |
| 30 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |