Example sentences of "told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He told them to leave her be , she was in a better state to understand him than anyone else there . |
2 | ‘ Terrible , ’ he told them — and to be fair it was entirely without relish that he spoke . |
3 | In the end , to put them off , I told them I was quite clear about the type who attracted me and that there was no point in introducing me to anyone who did n't match up . |
4 | If we told them to point to the empty box they would do so ; but would revert to pointing to the baited box again on the next trial . |
5 | He told them This Island Story from Wat Tyler 's point of view . |
6 | We told them so — Ed . |
7 | He told them that around £10m of the lost cash had been recovered and a payment of this would be made . |
8 | The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go . |
9 | She said Mr Mandela told them that he had written a document setting out his views on negotiations , the prospect of which President de Klerk has been promoting since well before the National Party returned to power in the 6 September elections . |
10 | We went to another call and like these were upper class and this young constable got out and told them to fuck away off . |
11 | At his first diocesan conference he told them his idea of a bishop 's job . |
12 | But he was resented by long memories in those who had fought a war ; by Churchill 's men for weakening the morale of the Air Force through his attacks on area bombing ; by the school of Lord Vansittart which loathed Germans and said that Nazis were typical of that race , and hated a bishop who told them never to identify the true Germany with Hitler . |
13 | He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa . |
14 | Coincidentally I 'd just told Malcolm that I was a bass player — although at this point I was only mucking around by myself at home — so Malcolm told them . |
15 | Berle met with Canadian officials at the end of March 1944 , and told them that he liked their draft convention , but considered it a long-term rather than an immediate possibility . |
16 | She 's Miss Brady , ’ he told them as soon as they rose from their knees . |
17 | Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missed tricks told them that tiredness was now king . |
18 | ‘ I 'm planning to knock this meadow before the evening is out , ’ he told them before they left and joked , ‘ You 'll have to harden your hands before you leave . ’ |
19 | ‘ I told them it was nothing . |
20 | I told them I know them well , their son is not the type who just gets in fights . |
21 | I went out where the rest of the staff were working and I told them ‘ I am leaving . |
22 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
23 | I told them to do their own dirty work . |
24 | After a while , I told them we did n't want to be treated this way . |
25 | Struggling not to blush , although failing , Erika told them , stressing emphatically the provisional nature of the interview . |
26 | They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack . |
27 | All the advice he had been getting , he told them , was that Britain was in fact very culpable in North Sea pollution issues . |
28 | He also told them to stop complaining about the electoral system . |
29 | The twentysomethings sniggered so he told them to shut up , gaining an instant roar of approval from the same people . |
30 | In West Berlin the huge crowd at the Rathaus , some of whom had crossed from the East to listen to the speeches , reserved their greatest enthusiasm for the former Social Democrat leader , Chancellor and Mayor of West Berlin , Mr Willy Brandt , who told them , to wild cheers : ‘ Berlin will live and the Berlin Wall will come down . ’ |