Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] [pron] the truth " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 2 | He had said to Mr Kuntar : ‘ You could have told me the truth from the very beginning . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could start to tell me the truth , ’ she said finally . |
| 4 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
| 5 | 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 . |