Example sentences of "tell [pron] that i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion , when playing to a group of Durham University students , I told them that I had been personally responsible for Nelson Mandela 's release , and a tuxedo-clad toff suggested I should n't have bothered . |
| 2 | My running told me that I had been wasting my time all those years , but I did n't regret that too much . |
| 3 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 4 | I told her that I had been involved in one of the IRA attacks when I had been blown up in the Brighton Bomb , and that I had friends and colleagues who had been badly hurt or killed . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't tell me that you give a damn , ’ she said , ‘ do n't tell me that I 've been anything to you but a brief interlude . ’ |
| 7 | I wo n't be able to tell them that I 've been seeing you since November , but I 'll tell them . " |
| 8 | ‘ Simply to tell you that I 've been having a most interesting conversation . ’ |