Example sentences of "told i [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They told me they could arrange an ‘ accident ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ They told me they could sack me , but I do n't care , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 3 | I duly contacted Memory Direct , who told me they could n't supply these modules , but very helpfully gave me Epson 's customer support line number . |
| 4 | " The Woodlands Incorporated people told me they could plant hardwoods , " Fairfax protested . |
| 5 | ‘ A few people told me it could n't be done but the prep races all fitted into his programme and we would hope to do something along similar lines next time . |
| 6 | He told me I could be back in a fortnight . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But they told me I could not , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I arrived late at night so I had nowhere to go , but I met a greenkeeper who told me I could sleep in the greenkeeper 's hut on the course . |
| 9 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 10 | They told me I could do it in Italian . |
| 11 | ‘ But Steve Coppell told me I could n't have him until he found a replacement . |
| 12 | Told me I could burn the rest for all she cared . |
| 13 | ‘ You told me I could n't stay in the woods , ’ said the boy calmly . |
| 14 | This told me I could have a flight to America , if I was quick , a copy of Flight Stimulator too ! |
| 15 | And er he told me I could start and if I could relieved from the other pit , so I went and saw the under-manager at , and I says , Aye , he says , you can go . |
| 16 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 17 | The doc told me I could go but I would n't come back , but I managed to persuade her . |
| 18 | Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked . |
| 19 | Anyway … you never told me you could explode ! ’ |
| 20 | YOU TOLD ME YOU COULD GET IT FROM TOILET SEATS . |
| 21 | ‘ You never told me you could cook lasagne . ’ |
| 22 | After that night in Rocamar , when you told me you could n't feel anything for anyone , I dared not hope you 'd ever change — ’ |
| 23 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 24 | When I said I was a feminist he became abrupt , as if his time was precious , and told me he could n't help me . |
| 25 | She told me he could be Prime Minister . ’ |
| 26 | Distraught Christine , of Bell Farm , York , said : ‘ The doctors told me he could die any minute . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ He told me he could n't face the prospect of another divorce , which I understood because my parents split up a few years ago and it was very distressing , ’ she said . |
| 28 | When we first met he told me he could n't stand rows but I like to talk things over when I feel something 's wrong . |
| 29 | Mr. Ratcliffe told me he could not say that an average person would not be woken by a heavy goods vehicle passing by his window and , to his credit , whilst making the very best of his brief he did not suggest that the present position is not disturbing . |
| 30 | Taczek told me he could think of nothing from those times that would have made Mills any sort of target for a KGB assassin — or any other sort of assassin come to that . ’ |