Example sentences of "at the [noun sg] told " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokeswomen at the Museum told Pilot that not a single aeroplane had escaped destruction or serious damage , including Weeks ' Solution aerobatic biplane , in which he competed at the World Aerobatic Championships at Le Havre in July . |
| 2 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |
| 3 | We would like to point out that many people at the centre told us that the attitudes we had encountered were less prevalent now than they had been in the past , and would continue to diminish . |
| 4 | One of the partners at the firm told me ‘ We try to persuade the software houses we represent over here that it is important to keep users using the latest version of the software , but our upgrade policy has to be dictated by what the vendor will agree to . ’ |
| 5 | He did not disclose the substance of the Libyan suggestions but a delegate at the meeting told Reuters : ‘ Libya 's proposals are still along the lines of its known positions , that the two could be tried only in a third country and not in the United States or Britain . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The health authority was approached very quietly on behalf of the Princess of Wales and asked for details , ’ a senior source at the hospital told TODAY . |
| 7 | The doctor at the hospital told my mother I would grow out of it . |
| 8 | The doctor at the hospital told me about the pill , but said you have to take them regularly and if you forget even once , then you 'll get pregnant . |
| 9 | One look at the marquis told Amsterdam it was another bad day for his friend . |
| 10 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |
| 11 | Earlier she had listened intently as a statement by Cheshires commanding officer Lt Col Bob Stewart read out at the hearing told how L/Cpl Edwards ' killer had not been traced . |
| 12 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 13 | Jokes circulating in Bavaria at the time told a different tale . |
| 14 | The building site manager at the time told the Daily Mirror : ‘ I had a meeting with Mellor 's wife over cups of coffee at the start of each week to discuss any problems and let her know how much we had spent so far . |
| 15 | They must be independent , not mention in the will you ca n't have a beneficiary who 's a witness , you ca n't have a husband or wife of a beneficiary as a witness either because not I 'm told very first clause there are n't , to get a duplicate made bungalow or something like that he might be missing out on the bungalow and the was The course leader at the time told me the story that saw him and he would n't tell me who it was I want my ten percent commission . |
| 16 | While we were drinking our tea , the lady at the shop told us that the water that flows over Hardraw Force is in York within an hour . |