Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [conj] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The bit I liked best , ’ says Phil , ‘ was when you prodded the pig and told it about the unfairness of micro-organisms . |
| 2 | He dismissed the service and told us to follow him to the back rooms for counselling . |
| 3 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 4 | He sat there until his eyelids began to droop , then phoned the switchboard and told them that he would be at his hotel . |
| 5 | Sensing it , she changed the subject and told him about the Tissot exhibition . |
| 6 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 7 | In Darlington , Robert visited an agency that told him it was unable to help him find accommodation in Newton Aycliffe . |
| 8 | I did ask if they 'd had a nice meal , but Lisabeth just ‘ harrumphed ’ so I dropped the subject and told them instead that I was going to meet Duncan and collect Salome 's car . |
| 9 | A large hand pushed her head down to her knees , and automatically she obeyed the voice that told her to protect herself with her arms . |
| 10 | He later reiterated the warning and told them that the police would have to see that the prohibition order was enforced . |
| 11 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
| 12 | Benjamin thanked the groom and told him to return to the chateau . |
| 13 | She suddenly realised how tired she was , but she made an effort and told him that she was travelling to Rome to join her aunt and uncle . |
| 14 | He rang the hospital and told them to stop that man sending letters . |
| 15 | So I rang the hospital and told them very calmly that we 'd be arriving shortly , then I woke up Tony and — thinking I had loads of time — ran a bath . ’ |
| 16 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 17 | For , by Monday 10 December , on the same day that Birkenhead told Derby of the plot , Baldwin saw the King and told him that he had decided not to resign . |
| 18 | She took the card and told him , ‘ Oh , I 've missed the appointment . |
| 19 | He ran up the street and through the town as far as the main road , where he saw a sign that told him it was just seventy miles from there to London . |
| 20 | I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’ |
| 21 | Corbett had no choice but told her from the beginning of the events at Godstowe . |
| 22 | And you had no choice but to tell him . |
| 23 | She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said . |
| 24 | ‘ It is good , ’ she said , as she held the cloth and told me to sit . |