told

• “She needed but to be told a good thing -- I do not say _told that a thing was good_ -- and at once she received it -- that is, obeyed it, the _only_ way of receiving a truth.”

  There & Back

• “I have been told that, in Wales, Mr. Mathews never _told his story_ in the presence of Mr. Knight, who had never there insinuated any thing to my disadvantage.”

  Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01

• “We have been told," she began, loftily, "we have been _told_, Cap'n”

  Fair Harbor

• “I told you long ago that the new Cantos [72] were _not_ good, and I also _told you a reason_.”

  Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals

• “The back of the label told a more thrilling and slightly sordid tale of the origins of Blenheim Palace Water.”

  The Wall Street Journal: For the Preservation of an Intriguing Palace

• “Her expression told him that he looked as bad as he felt.”

  Simon & Schuster: Etched in Bone

• “I think that's it, because I sing "All that Jasmine" to remember her name told me that she's sick of being stuck on the second floor of the compound.”

  The Huffington Post: Guy Nicolucci: The Osama Diaries

• “One of the M.B.A. students who was deployed to Iraq in the middle of his term told me he carried the list in the cargo pockets of his pants.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Teaching Cadets and M.B.A.s the Art of Negotiation

• “Sarah pressed a hand to the small of her back as she crossed the kitchen, but something in her expression told Bonnie that more than the twins weighed her down.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Aloha Quilt

• “Forcing a smile despite the pain, when his expression told her how uncomfortable he was.”

  Simon & Schuster: Deadly Promises

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