COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
told...a few home truths
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It’s time someone told him a few home truths .
told...the facts of life
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Mum told me the facts of life when I was twelve.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I told you so
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I could never work with a man like that and I told him so.
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I didn't like his mood. I told her so, but she just laughed.
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I was not disappointed. I told myself so, firmly, several times.
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I wouldn't have blamed him if he'd walked away and I told him so.
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There; I told you so.
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To sum up: I told you so.
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True it is that Ewan Beg thought he had killed his dallta - for I told him so.
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What matters is that we lived like writers, and that I told them so.
a little bird told me (sth)
all told
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All told, 28 people died and 100 were wounded.
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Craig MacTavish retired last season as the last player to compete without a helmet-17 years all told.
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He couldn't have bled a great deal, perhaps a cupful all told.
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He said the doctors all told him the injury was going to happen anyway.
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It's all told in a bouncy rhyme, with outrageously funny pictures.
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It will take four to six years, all told.
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Our 12-day tour, Rome to Sicily, cost us each about $ 1, 500, all told.
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There were about twenty of us, all told; mostly McHoans but with a smattering of civilians.
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They take eighteen hours all told, including the overnight soaking.
all told
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Craig MacTavish retired last season as the last player to compete without a helmet-17 years all told .
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He couldn't have bled a great deal, perhaps a cupful all told .
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He said the doctors all told him the injury was going to happen anyway.
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It's all told in a bouncy rhyme, with outrageously funny pictures.
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It will take four to six years, all told .
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Our 12-day tour, Rome to Sicily, cost us each about $ 1, 500, all told .
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They take eighteen hours all told , including the overnight soaking.
if (the) truth be known/told
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After all, I am not so different from anyone else, if the truth be known.
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He could never, if the truth were told, stand against his wife.
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He looked lonely, if the truth were told.
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I bet they did it worse than us if the truth was known.
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I puzzle a lot, if the truth be known.
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I suppose if the truth was known, I was narked at being pushed around.
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Nearly thirteen and a half if the truth be known.
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You'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known, wouldn't you?