Example sentences of "they told i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , one of them told me to stay and gave me a raffle ticket . |
| 2 | I contacted schools , newspapers and magazines for young women willing to fill in a questionnaire or be interviewed about self-image , and what they told me forms the main part of this book . |
| 3 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |
| 4 | ‘ They told me to give it to you , Headmaster , ’ said Robert . |
| 5 | I went to see them as well and they told me to fill in another form . |
| 6 | I 've seen the Fire guys and they told me to ask for an Inspector Ball . |
| 7 | They told me to go home and talk it over . |
| 8 | I fetched the rum and they told me to go away . |
| 9 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 10 | I had to do what they told me to do . |
| 11 | They told me to do our exams early . |
| 12 | Still they were a generous , friendly bunch and they told me to make myself at home until the editorial meeting later in the afternoon . |
| 13 | Th they told me to default on the mortgage that I 'm paying for the property that my wife lives in , because the assessment does n't take into account that I |
| 14 | I gave him the money and they told me to walk on and not look back because they would be following me . |
| 15 | They told me to get off and try to get on the next train going north , ’ protested the younger of the two , flushing pink . |
| 16 | All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . |
| 17 | They told me to keep in touch and call them if I felt they could be of assistance . |
| 18 | Yeah , they told me to phone you up , , they got ta bring him in . |
| 19 | ‘ They told me to tell you , ’ she said . |
| 20 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
| 21 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 22 | Oh everything , they give me a stack of batteries , they told me to change the batteries after every three tapes |