Example sentences of "he told [pron] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told her to drive to him immediately , and when she arrived treated her to a breakfast of kippers and Chablis . |
| 2 | He told her to go to sleep . |
| 3 | I did n't have much faith in him when I first spoke to him , but apparently he told her to stand on her own two feet . |
| 4 | He told her to look in the table drawer in the living-room — he thought there might be a spare drying-up cloth in it . |
| 5 | He told them to go amongst the people of the land and offer them their service , to defend Minginish instead of conquering it ; for the most earth a man ever needs is what is piled in his grave . |
| 6 | First he told them to lay off me , and when they sneered and said what would happen if they did n't , he merely replied , ‘ A series of inexplicable misfortunes . ’ |
| 7 | Then he told me to wait for him after I had visited my father , and said that he would try to think of a way to help me without arousing any suspicion . |
| 8 | When I caught up with Jean-Claude , he told me to return to the cottage alone . |
| 9 | He told me to watch for a seaman with one leg and to let him know the moment when a man like that appeared . |
| 10 | And there , the tailor , he 'd been trained in the war , and he he only had one la leg , and he seemed very nice , but er he told me to start on the Monday and then I got a letter . |
| 11 | He told me to look across the moor to a place which was a bright green colour . |
| 12 | He told me to look after Cathy carefully , and left at once . |
| 13 | But before I could fetch it , he told me to come near him . |
| 14 | But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’ |
| 15 | ’ He told me to write with the head , and not with the heart . |
| 16 | ‘ He told me to stay in the house — not to go out . ’ |
| 17 | Then he told us to go into the hospital where the nurse would show us what to do . |
| 18 | He told us to sit by the fire . |
| 19 | ‘ My guess is they came for some of Connie Fraser 's clothes , found the place upside down and me on the floor , then when they reported to Bonanza he told 'em to forget about the clothes . ’ |