Example sentences of "told [pers pn] that he [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Berle met with Canadian officials at the end of March 1944 , and told them that he liked their draft convention , but considered it a long-term rather than an immediate possibility .
2 He told me that he meant me no harm , but was a magician , who had made the music play around me , and wished to have my hand in marriage and live in my castle , with me and my brother , in peace hereafter .
3 Nicola 's husband told me that he thought you had something to do with the murder .
4 Hanfmann describes ‘ a rather arrogant colleague ’ who ‘ told me that he knew I wrote good case histories , but had not expected me to be so good at theory ’ ( 1983 : 147 ) .
5 ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan .
6 He told me that he fired his gun at the dogs and they ran away .
7 ‘ He told me that he loved me and that was it . ’
8 He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour .
9 ‘ One evening in September , ’ he started once more , ‘ Robert told me that he found himself with nothing much to do when he had finished an afternoon lecture on the international monetary crisis .
10 In my letter to Eliot , enclosing my own article , I had expressed the hope that , in contrast to Rowse , who told me that he considered my letter ‘ ineffective ’ , might approve of it .
11 He asked about several crimes of violence that had happened in south-east Antrim and Beattie told him that he knew nothing about any of them .
12 His doctor had checked him out , told him that he had nothing to worry about .
13 ‘ Where are you going , Rose ? ’ he asked in a tone that told her that he knew he had gone too far but she continued on her way .
14 He told her that he respected her .
15 Then he told her that he loved her .
16 He had held her in his arms and told her that he loved her , and she had never doubted him .
17 He had looked into her eyes too often , told her that he loved her too many times for her ever to believe him again .
18 She had a row with a young man named Nick Owens when they were all at the caelidhe one evening and he told her that he wanted her to be his girl and not go out with anyone else .
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