Example sentences of "told him [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh . |
| 3 | ‘ And for my own , ’ she told him with a small smile . |
| 4 | ‘ Your picnic is ready , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm so pleased , ’ she told him with a beaming smile . |
| 6 | Duncan had asked , when Myeloski told him of the strange situation in which they had found Leeming . |
| 7 | Later Nutmeg went back to all his friends ( looking himself again ) + they all told him about a strange white cat who called himself Nutmeg . |
| 8 | On one of his visits to Beckenham , Pearson told him about a little girl neighbour , a Downs Syndrome child , who loved seeing Kenneth Williams in films or on television . |
| 9 | Er I told him about the other one . |
| 10 | I also told him about the new hip and thigh diet and said I could do with some more volunteers to try it out . |
| 11 | She told him about the new high-tensile fencing they were putting up , and the ten acres of daffodil bulbs they were planting as an experiment rather than consigning the field to set-aside . |
| 12 | In other classes learned men told him about the economic infrastructure of the Low Countries and Germany , and the Burmese rubber nexus . |
| 13 | One day , however , walking by the seashore he met an elderly Christian who told him about the Hebrew prophets , undermined his naïve confidence in the moral guidance of philosophers , and converted him to Christianity . |
| 14 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 15 | As concisely as she could , Melissa told him about the missing sketch of Delia Forbes , her subsequent visit to the house in Regency Terrace and the possibility of a plot by one of Eddie 's discarded lovers to kill Angy . |
| 16 | She told him about the secretarial course at the technical college and her plans eventually to go to London , perhaps to model . |
| 17 | A friend told him about an ex-demonstration model available at a heavily discounted price . |
| 18 | They told him in no uncertain terms that he could not take a holiday whenever he felt like it . |
| 19 | There are even rumours of near miracles he accomplished , such as the conversion of a foul-mouthed old alcoholic , hurt in the Marcasse pit disaster , who told him in no uncertain terms to clear off , he did n't want rosary-mumblers around him , and then was converted by Vincent 's sanctity . |
| 20 | Mr Brandreth met with Mr Hanley and told him in no uncertain terms that the people of Chester were far from happy with the decision to go to Glasgow . |
| 21 | But she could not , so she simply told him in a flat tone , ‘ We 've recently started exporting to Europe and Japan . |
| 22 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 23 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 24 | ‘ I love you , Fernando , ’ she told him in a hoarse whisper , ‘ you must believe that … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You 've changed since last night , ’ Ruth told him in a soft murmur . |
| 26 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 27 | If Charlie had been a different man , a cultivated man or effeminate or living in a bygone age when tongues were more freely unloosed , he might now have embraced Jack and told him from a full heart how he entered wholly into his joy and would die for his happiness . |