Example sentences of "[pron] tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her the story . |
| 2 | I told her the story . |
| 3 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 4 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 5 | I told her the number straight off . |
| 6 | I told her the old lady was rich and that she had done the cottage up beautifully . |
| 7 | I told her the story . |
| 8 | That 's when I told her the rest . |
| 9 | I told her the answer was the Sun . |
| 10 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
| 11 | I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit . |
| 12 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 13 | I told her the story about the wine , that 's all . |
| 14 | I told her the brutal truth — how I 'd tried to buy a love-nest for us and got involved with the wrong property men . |
| 15 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 16 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 17 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 18 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 19 | I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here . |
| 20 | I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’ |
| 21 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 22 | I told him the history of the charts , my initial idea for a peephole of some sort . |
| 23 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 24 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |
| 25 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 26 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
| 27 | I told him the credit authority number . |
| 28 | So when the Sergeant-Major asked me where I hoped to be posted eventually , I told him the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes ; this did n't surprise him as most British recruits said the same thing . |
| 29 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 30 | I told him the story of my adventures and about life in England , and he told me about his country and his people . |