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Example sentences for "uncle told"

  • We returned to the stockade, and my uncle told a couple of the men to take the horses out to graze; but they did not go far out with them.

  • As we three were starting toward camp, my uncle told us that Tsistsaki was to stand watch there over the picketed horses and that we were to sleep as long as we could.

  • My uncle told me to order the stableman, Bissette, to saddle three horses for us.

  • Uncle told me to follow that man's tracks and see what he went out there for, as probably he hid the trap behind the log.

  • Uncle told me to watch the horses and they would soon be there, and they were soon in sight dragging a large panther instead of either a cub or cat.

  • My uncle told him to bring home a quantity of the canes, and he began cutting them at once.

  • The durian, however, my uncle told us, was among the most esteemed of all the fruits in that region.

  • The Chinese, my uncle told me, train the common cormorant to fish for them, the birds being taught to return with their prey to the boat in which their master sits, when they receive a small fish as their reward.

  • My uncle told me that each tree only flowers once in its life; and that when the fruit ripens the tree dies, though it remains standing a year or two before it falls to the ground.

  • I thought the plan a good one; and my uncle told Jan to catch the horses and ox, while he contrived some harness with the ropes and straps used for securing their cargoes.

  • My uncle told me that he had prepared a raft, which would convey us and our goods down the river to where Mr Welbourn's camp was situated, and that he had engaged a couple of canoes and a party of natives to accompany us.

  • My uncle told me to reserve my fire, in case he should fail to bring the eland down; but as he was a much better shot than I was, I feared that should he miss, I also should fail.

  • It was not long after this that buffalo were found, and when the tribe went out to make the surround, my uncle told me to ride one of his horses, and to keep close to him.

  • As we walked along to the camp that night, my uncle told me other things.


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