Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] i told " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept interrupting and eventually I told him he could n't sit in on our discussions any more and I explained why . |
| 2 | Was drunk , and so I told him to ‘ clear . ’ |
| 3 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 4 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 5 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
| 6 | And so I told him my story . |
| 7 | Over and over I told my mum I wanted a bike . |
| 8 | If ever I told a little lie , my father [ Sir Michael Havers , former Attorney General ] could tell just like that . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I told him to go jump in a lake , ’ Ellen said very calmly , ‘ and then I told him that just as soon as I 've finished with the Crowninshield twins I shall be sailing away — ’ she clinked her glass on mine , ‘ with you . ’ |
| 11 | And then I told |
| 12 | my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go |
| 13 | Marius dragged me back to camp and afterwards I told the other legionnaires how she had wanted to sleep with me , but I had turned her down . |
| 14 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 15 | The dinner invitation had caught me off-guard but then I told myself , ‘ For God 's sake , he 's a doctor . |
| 16 | But then I told myself that I would only have been his mistress , in a foreign country , and for a short time , until he grew tired of me . |
| 17 | But then I told myself that those were idle fancies . |
| 18 | ‘ Because once I told you my mother would adore you . ’ |