Example sentences of "told [pron] to go [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Juliet tapped , and a voice told them to go in . |
| 2 | The rest had followed Hazel when he roused them and , without explanation , told them to go quickly outside the barn . |
| 3 | He told me to go ahead and finish it . ’ |
| 4 | He told me to go ahead quickly . ’ |
| 5 | I fetched the rum and they told me to go away . |
| 6 | She told me to go away and stop pestering her . ’ |
| 7 | She stood up : ‘ No , I did n't ! — So he could n't have done it , could he ? — And before you say owt , he could n't have looked her up in the phone book 'cos she 's ex-directory ! — And anyway , he told me to go round there today and get her to put her money in the bank . |
| 8 | Sceptical doubts about objectivity make good sense within a practice ; there are objectively correct answers to questions how to go on , and if challenged in a particular case , we can support our choice by appeal to the rule ( 'Why did you write 20,002 ? ’ 'Because you told me to go on adding 2' ) . |
| 9 | When we arrived at her house , Eva put her hand on my shoulder and told me to go upstairs to Charlie . |
| 10 | They told me to go home and talk it over . |
| 11 | Then he told me to go back home and explain to Mum . |
| 12 | A poignant reflection on the situation occurs in the entries for Thursday and Friday , October 10th and 11th Thursday : ‘ Had a terrible row today ; Elfed told me to go back to Pontrhydyfen . |
| 13 | The doctors told me to go back to Cambridge and carry on with the research I had just started in general relativity and cosmology . |
| 14 | He told me to go back and try again . ’ |
| 15 | We had a grand doctor from London once , who told me to go out in the fresh air and try to get well . |
| 16 | I thought I told you to go straight to bed when I sent you home last night . " |
| 17 | ‘ I told you to go upstairs , ’ Leo said coldly without looking at her . |
| 18 | ‘ I though I told you to go out and play . ’ |
| 19 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 20 | ‘ Tony was thinking of packing it in over a month ago but I told him to go away and talk it over with his family first . |
| 21 | and told him to go away with it and think about what he could do , and er mentioned money to him , and he liked the idea . |
| 22 | The lorries waited under the hoppers to pick up their loads and after a little , one of the lorry men told him to go away . |
| 23 | She had told Robert that she hated him , told him to go away , to move to another area , and he had taken that literally . |
| 24 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 25 | Newman examined the five prints , handed them to Paula and lit a cigarette when Manningham told him to go ahead . |
| 26 | We entered the Manston circuit and found two Stirlings demanding emergency landings and I recognised the voice of one of my lads , Desmond Ince , and I told him to go ahead and take my turn to land . |
| 27 | She told him to go on ahead , that she did n't want a ride . |
| 28 | First Benny had turned her back on him in public and told him to go home without her after he had driven up especially to collect her . |
| 29 | He tried to ignore her and then told her to go away . |
| 30 | Girl asked her if she 'd change shifts with her next Wednesday and she told her to go away politely . |