Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the truth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few witnesses in court refuse ‘ to tell the truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth ’ on the grounds that they do n't know what the truth is or how to tell it . |
| 2 | Do you know what the truth is ? ’ |
| 3 | I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here . |
| 4 | We told them the truth and as usual when a panic was over they apologized but warned that we must be patient . |
| 5 | who told them the truth about her letter to Sir Charles |
| 6 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 7 | And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign . |
| 8 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 9 | But it was n't Jozef who finally told me the truth — which of the three suspects had taken the pieces of silver . |
| 10 | You told me the truth . ’ |
| 11 | You told me the truth . |
| 12 | If he did tell me anything it would be a pack of lies , because obviously the secret would n't be a secret any more if he told me the truth , and he can feel , as I do , that with my increasing maturity he needs all the holds over me he can get ; I 'm not a child any more . |
| 13 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm so glad I told you the truth this morning . |
| 15 | ‘ I told you the truth , mother . |
| 16 | ‘ I told you the truth about Havvie . |
| 17 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I already told you the truth . ’ |
| 19 | I told you the truth . ’ |
| 20 | Ellie told him the truth . |
| 21 | When Topaz gave Lovat his answer she also told him the truth about her interlude with Andrew . |
| 22 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 23 | Mid-level Immediately I told him the truth about it , ( he relented . ) |
| 24 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 25 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 26 | Would he listen to her when she told him the truth about Janice ? |
| 27 | I spiked her guns by the simple expedient of ringing Nigel right away , told him the truth , and instructed him to fetch her home and keep her there . |
| 28 | So Ruth told her the truth , but not quite the whole truth since she kept Dick 's name out of it . |
| 29 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 30 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |