Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] told " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beryl Bainbridge has told how she finds plots for her novels by visiting the newspaper repository of the British Library in north London , looking out old daily papers for crimes and bizarre happenings . |
| 2 | A former prisoner from Cardiff has told the court that Gardiner said he 'd offered twenty thousand pounds to Chalky White not to give evidence against him . |
| 3 | ‘ Brother Jerome has told truth , the whole truth as he knows it , but it is not the whole . |
| 4 | I believe the Lady Amelia has told you everything we know . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Dean has told him he would do all his running and Dalian decided here was the guy he had waited for throughout his career , ’ said the Villa manager . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know if Alexandra has told you , but we 've been hoping very much to feature your next collection in our spring bumper issue , ’ Felicity said . |
| 7 | ENGLAND manager Graham Taylor has told Middlesbrough goalkeeper Stephen Pears : ‘ You will not be forgotten . ’ |
| 8 | Germany has told Benin that it will not help with pesticide disposal until it refuses unnecessary donations . |
| 9 | Pahdra Singh has told me that although Proby 's cousin did manage to register the stand as a car , he did so describing it as a 1964 Skoda with 300,000 miles on the clock . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , my brother Stair — I am sure that Matey has told you about Stair — invited me out tonight to the stag party of one of his friends ; I used to know him slightly . |
| 11 | B-R has told Margaret Wilkinson that if she wants to go by rail she 'll have to get a narrower wheelchair . |
| 12 | The Kremlin has told four Soviet republics to drop controversial new laws on elections . |
| 13 | People began to feel ill yesterday afternoon and today the head Jean has told all two hundred and forty four pupils to stay at home . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Didier has told you , I am sure , that atropine 's been found in one of the dishes of entrée . ’ |
| 15 | Rex has told me all about the Tyrrell Society and their activities a dozen times if he 's told me once . |
| 16 | ‘ Cadfael has told me , ’ said Hugh , ‘ how the sortes went , and of Brother Jerome 's confession . |
| 17 | Anna-Marie 's told me so much about it . |
| 18 | Well Steven 's told his mum . |
| 19 | ‘ Our coach John Monie has told Martin Crompton and myself that the scrum-half position is between the two of us and that he 'll decide on one in a month , ’ he revealed . |
| 20 | ‘ Jane has told me a lot about you , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Albert Reynolds has told the Prime Minister , Mr Major , Mr Major has taken on board , has has considered , presumably , what it is that you 've done with Gerry Adams , and concluded that it can go no further . |
| 22 | Near the end of the novel Jip and Zab discuss the status of what Xorandor has told them , whether or not it is the truth , and how they can be sure . |
| 23 | Stefan Kiszko , the man who was cleared of the murder of eleven-year-old Lesley Molseed has told how he was set upon by inmates when he first arrived in jail . |
| 24 | Nigel has told me that he 's going to go Indycar racing . ’ |
| 25 | The Commonwealth Games Council for England has told archers to end a 30-year tradition of competing with a South African organisation . |
| 26 | The Commonwealth Games Council for England has told archers to end a 30-year tradition of competing with a South African organisation . |
| 27 | Dr. Briant has told us how his project is operating , and what he expects to discover from it . |
| 28 | Simon has told me he asked you and you have given him hope . |
| 29 | she says er I 'm er guaranteed , she says oh no you 're not , she says Ruth 's told me last week to take you off guarantee , so they took her off like |
| 30 | Elaine has told me about her sister 's death . |