Example sentences of "[pron] who told [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who told me roundabout that |
| 2 | He probably thought a financial adviser was someone who told you to hand over the wallet or you 'd get your throat cut . |
| 3 | It was she who told me you 're a writer . ’ |
| 4 | It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks . |
| 5 | It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks . |
| 6 | It was she who told me that Doogie was a commis chef at one of the better Park Lane hotels ( and I 'd said I had n't realized his politics were important and she 'd just looked at me ) and she was a journalist with one of the North London suburban weeklies . |
| 7 | And it was she who told me that she 'd been , that 's where they 'd been . |
| 8 | ‘ Was it she who told you all this ? ’ |
| 9 | For it was she who told herself that nothing was to be gained at this moment by recrimination , that Sir George 's land and influence at Stockton were still big assets ( though nowhere near worth the price at which they had been bought ) , and that a moping Sir George — a sackcloth-ashes flagellant — could be all it needed to bring the whole structure of confidence tumbling down . |
| 10 | The one who told me about the five quid . |
| 11 | Is it not time that those pensioners , including the one who told me that she was keeping warm during the day by clutching a hot-water bottle because she could not afford heating bills , were given a decent state pension as of right , without the humiliation of a contributory test , which involves means-testing for those who are in greatest need ? |
| 12 | Anyway , you were the one who told me that our home was … up there somewhere . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I 'm the one who told you about him , remember ? |
| 14 | I guess he 's the one who told you he was deliverance ? ’ |
| 15 | There was one who told his wife , ‘ The reason I 'm late is that Harry died at the third hole , so we had to go all the way round the other fifteen holes on the course , dragging Harry . ’ |
| 16 | Eventually it was he who told her mother when she was about eight months pregnant : " We 'd been planning it for ages to tell them but we had n't had the nerve to get round to it . |
| 17 | It was he who told me about the injuries the King received . |
| 18 | It was also he who told me of the Great Ones , ’ he went on with a faraway look , ‘ and how they had chosen us to be saved to do this . ’ |
| 19 | It was he who told me to see that the room was prepared for you . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd kill anyone who told him . ’ |