Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] told [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The bit I liked best , ’ says Phil , ‘ was when you prodded the pig and told it about the unfairness of micro-organisms . |
| 2 | Princess Marie Louise went to the Queen and told her about the scheme . |
| 3 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 4 | Fiver came into the warren and told us about the snare , and that poor Bigwig — " |
| 5 | Then when I found this job and told you about it , you said she really could n't manage it . |
| 6 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 7 | By the time Adam and Billie were drinking their coffees , the contact had interrupted Kragan at a training meeting and told him of the two foreigners in the Bellevue Hotel who were enquiring about the Dresden Heide . |
| 8 | Now relaxed and talkative , he saw me back to the waiting taxi and told me of his ambitions as a Gaelic football player . |
| 9 | Comfort gave Jackson French her address and told him to be sure to call her when he got to London . |
| 10 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 11 | Sensing it , she changed the subject and told him about the Tissot exhibition . |
| 12 | Corbett had no choice but told her from the beginning of the events at Godstowe . |
| 13 | I accepted Benjamin 's words but , when I questioned him on why I should wear it , he just smiled , waved a bony hand and told me to be patient . |
| 14 | The strength of his hard ribcage , the flat muscularity of his stomach and … her head swam dizzily … a delicious throbbing bulkiness that told her of his desire . |
| 15 | It was a costly venture , of course , since Tonga is a very great distance from almost everywhere ; but a glossy journal owned by an extremely wealthy New Yorker thought that a visit to ‘ The Island Where Time Starts ’ could make an agreeable tale , therefore handed me a sheaf of air tickets and a small sum in hard currency and told me to be on my way . |
| 16 | And when Albert and Mister Johnny came in , she cut the pie and told them about the big fair that was held every Michaelmas in the Norfolk village where she had lived when she was a little girl about the gay gipsy carts and the fire eater , and the booth where you could have a tooth pulled for sixpence with a brass band to drown your screams ; about the two-headed calf and the Bearded Lady and the Toffee Woman . |
| 17 | We had blown a gasket and told them of our problem , but we did not declare an emergency . |
| 18 | So I got up early and went to the judge 's house and told him about the monster . |