I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Remember what I told you on the moor--and ask yourself what my assertion is worth. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
We went to the 'commissionaire' of the hotel--I don't know what a 'commissionaire' is, but that is the man we went to--and told him we wanted a guide. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
I must do what I am told. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
But practical sense told them that sex cannot be confined within marriage. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
There were only these few words in her neatly flowing hand:-- I have told Mrs. Casaubon. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
I told Catherine and Ferguson about him and Ferguson was very impressed. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
A dozen year,' he told her. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
I won't look at him again, he told himself. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
I hadn't any particular work to give him, but I had a number of small induction coils, and to give him something to do I told him to fix them up and sell them among his sailor friends. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
He only told me a little about his parents and grandparents, and almost all in answer to my questions. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
My father brought me to the door, not a minute ago, but unfortunately he was not told that you were here, and he has gone away on some business. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
Why were we ever told to bring navy revolvers with us if we had to be protected at last by this infamous star-spangled scum of the desert? 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
He told me he had promised the Bishop to sign some kind of a petition against divorce. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.