Example sentences of "[adv] told the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it would be very nice if Andrew actually wrote to the trust to tell them why in same details as he apparently told the press . |
| 2 | TJ , who did not give evidence , was convicted and appealed , submitting that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong to rule that there was no breach of the Code ; ( 2 ) the judge wrongly told the jury that there had been no breach , thus undermining the defence speech to the jury on this point ; ( 3 ) the evidence was unsafe and unsatisfactory having regard to the evidence given by D ; and the judge should have withdrawn the case from the jury . |
| 3 | IBM basically told the weekly , ‘ No way . ’ |
| 4 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Italy would find itself in an easy group . |
| 5 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Argentina would be in a difficult group and Italy in an easy group . |
| 6 | He was popularly supposed to be a man who not only told the truth , but who could not tell a lie , and the senator 's aides and publicists were not unhappy to promulgate that echo of a previous President 's virtues . |
| 7 | He said he only told the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ I only told the truth . ’ |
| 9 | As The Smiths grew in commercial stature , so they encountered more and more professional people , especially in America , and these people constantly told the band to think big , to think mega , to evolve into a major international unit . |
| 10 | Now that the contents of everything have to be described in great detail on the packaging , they duly told the French people that it contained preservatives . |
| 11 | We consider we have done enough , ’ the parish representative eventually told the inquiry . |
| 12 | ‘ I have no further questions , ’ Jaq finally told the conclave . |
| 13 | Just told the older kids to stop frightening the younger ones . ’ |
| 14 | He used to be stopped frequently after work and normally he just told the constable he was a policeman straight away . |
| 15 | Well I just told the truth : ‘ I simply ca n't remember . ’ |
| 16 | In Routledge v McKay [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 615 , the seller of a motorbicycle incorrectly told the buyer that it was a 1942 model , but the contract was not concluded until one week later and the Court of Appeal held that this statement was not , thereby , a term . |
| 17 | He further told The Art Newspaper that completion of a new wing in 1991 has now given the Brooks the physical space to handle the attendance ‘ WONDERS ’ has drawn . |
| 18 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 19 | the truth erm , oh you never , never hold back and make be known in God 's name the kingdom , he always told the truth whether it was popular or not , that 's really , so erm come on you , are you going out with Clare , come on , hey , come on , come on Pip , go on , go on |
| 20 | Is n't it possible that the informant deliberately told the kidnappers I would be there , knowing what the consequences were likely to be ? ’ |
| 21 | I had almost total recall when it came to gags , and innocently told the Con-Sec that as it was too late to engage a replacement comic , I 'd gladly do Dave Swan 's act for him , and went on to storm the audience . |
| 22 | He appealed to Miloš to join him , but Miloš judged that the time was inopportune and promptly told the Turkish governor in Belgrade of the plot . |
| 23 | Yesterday , US diplomats formally told the UN that they intended to file an explanation of their actions under Article 51 of the UN Charter , which grants states the right to self-defence . |
| 24 | Last week the Director of Public Prosecutions formally told the men 's second appeal court that he was not going to rely on the scientific evidence . |
| 25 | HERON International chairman Gerald Ronson yesterday told the garages and property group 's bankers that its value has collapsed from £585m to £135m . |
| 26 | The African National Congress yesterday told the Australasian countries that the sport was now fully integrated in South Africa and bans had been lifted on international tours . |
| 27 | The problem was , however , as the Emperor saw only too clearly , that this was a contrived situation , as he bluntly told the Spanish Ambassador : |
| 28 | Labour leader John Smith bluntly told the Commons : ‘ The time has now come for effective international action . ’ |
| 29 | The outspoken John Carlisle , MP for Luton North , and one of the Government 's fiercest critics from the Right , bluntly told the Prime Minister he should dispense with the services of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley and Citizen 's Charter Minister William Waldegrave . |
| 30 | Davie Cooper , the Rangers and Motherwell winger once told the press he was a bad example for young players to follow : he spent too much time in the bookies . |