Example sentences of "[vb infin] told i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could 've told me that inside the room , not drag me out here , ’ Duncan replied , irritated by the policeman 's need for secrecy . |
| 2 | You could 've told me to mind my own business . ’ |
| 3 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 4 | Why could n't he have told me before ! |
| 5 | Why could n't he have told me ! |
| 6 | Nor has Mr Roberts , or he would have told me . ’ |
| 7 | She loved to play like that , but she 'd have told me in the end , exploding with laughter at my angry duped expression . |
| 8 | You should have told me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I was lonely , I would not have gone to a teacher and said so — he would have told me to pull myself together . |
| 10 | ‘ At the beginning of the year , I 'd have laughed if you 'd have told me we 'd be in this situation , ’ said Favre . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , you might have told me you were a quintuple amputee before getting me all excited . ’ |
| 12 | I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts , then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter , but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job . |
| 13 | She 'd surely have told me if a rich relative had left him somethin' — I 'm sure she would . |
| 14 | ‘ You could have told me , though . ’ |
| 15 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |
| 16 | And she thought , a little aggrieved : I do think Clelia might have told me , how could she assume that I knew her mother 's maiden name ? |
| 17 | She must have told me once that I was lucky to have a warm bed to lie in at night . |
| 18 | When you met this man you say you loved , surely you could have told me . " |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Kettering might have told me how to dress . |
| 20 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 21 | Jacob should have told me . |
| 22 | ‘ You might have told me that . ’ |
| 23 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 24 | He knew about them investigations , that I was being watched , and he could have told me to slow down a bit . |
| 25 | ‘ You should have told me , Hal . |
| 26 | For a few moments , Madeleine was silent , then she said truculently , ‘ Harry should have told me . ’ |
| 27 | Someone should have told me about the local MIND and the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and what they could offer . |
| 28 | ‘ But you should have told me … ’ continued Gilbert . |
| 29 | Reason should have told me that instant acceptance was too much to ask , but I was overwhelmed by my emotional need for an endorsement , however small , of my situation . |
| 30 | Even if I had n't expected the gunships , their colours would have told me what they were . |