Example sentences of "[pers pn] told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , like I told the foreign gentleman , there was dancing in the sitting room , and this Mrs Heatherington-Scott she was dancing with Mr Merrivale . ’ |
| 2 | Bob blushed at his unaccustomed prominence , but said promptly : ‘ Four , like I told the foreign gentleman . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll move in tomorrow , ’ I told the man on the desk . |
| 4 | ‘ Eat up , ’ I told the nearest bird . |
| 5 | ‘ I told the BMA at our meeting that I was not changing my ground , and after my explanation of the position they accepted my assurance . ’ |
| 6 | I told the foreman , ‘ Next time I wo n't cry , I 'll make you cry . ’ |
| 7 | I told the manager , ‘ You misjudge people , you think they are daft . |
| 8 | Eventually , the song becomes a real-time simulation of a locked groove , an out-of-control roller-coaster of dread but also of resilience : ‘ And the Mercy Seat is waiting/And I think my head is burning/And in a way I 'm yearning/To be done with all this measuring of proof/An eye for an eye/And a tooth for a tooth/And anyway I told the truth/And I 'm not afraid to die . ’ |
| 9 | The policy was cleared over the next few days and on 19 March I told the House of Commons that |
| 10 | As far as I was concerned , that merely represented a different path to the same goal and so on 22 June I told the House of Commons that rail electrification was going ahead . |
| 11 | I told the conference that I had not come into politics to preside over the destruction of the National Health Service and repeated the Government 's commitment to it . |
| 12 | First , I told the Cabinet Office I was not prepared to have my paper discussed with this division outstanding . |
| 13 | I told the man that I was a friend of hers before she married Nigel Hughes . |
| 14 | — I told the Warden that I did n't want to go to no hospital but he never listened . |
| 15 | In delight , I told the therapist . |
| 16 | ‘ When I told the Society I wanted to ask David Thomson over to address one of our meetings , no one said a word , ’ Eithne told me . |
| 17 | ‘ You wait here , while I pay my respects to my friend 's house , ’ I told the driver , and galloped in . |
| 18 | ‘ I told the lock-keeper it was yours . |
| 19 | ‘ I told the police in my statement that the man 's hair was long and dishevelled . |
| 20 | When I told the museum official that I had met David Damiani , his eyes opened wider with interest . |
| 21 | That 's just the story I told the clan ! ’ |
| 22 | I told the boss I would report to him Monday . |
| 23 | I told the Cabinet that I could not accept that the traditional basis for collective responsibility had been established . |
| 24 | When I told the Head Girl , she explained that the French girl was a lesbian . |
| 25 | Answering questions , I told the press the situation as I saw it . |
| 26 | Yes , I told the King of imminent danger but , given the way he charged round his kingdom in the dead of night , even the court fool could have warned him just as accurately . ’ |
| 27 | So she went away and I never pressurised her and I told the other girls not to ask questions or anything , just to leave her . |
| 28 | I told the group a story , to keep them entertained , to laugh preferably and not to weep , hiding reality from them and myself with metaphor and rhythm , my face without makeup is vulnerable out on the street . |
| 29 | I told the truth . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ When I told the nurses , they did n't seem too surprised and it was as if such a mix-up was not uncommon . |