Example sentences of "tell [pron] [conj] i [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 2 | My mum got home from work about 10.30 p.m. and asked if I was all right , but I told her that I thought it was a false alarm . |
| 3 | Even if I 'd told you that I heard it on the local news , I doubt you 'd have taken my word for it . |
| 4 | What I liked about this letter was the phrase ‘ if you tell me that I have it ’ . |
| 5 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 6 | One of the difficulties that actually struck me last night about an organization like A B S A is that how wide , and in fact I 've got something in my filing cabinet next door which will tell me if I looked it up , how wide is the umbrella of the arts because we do n't have anything similar for sport , we do n't have anything specific |
| 7 | I said , ‘ I 'll tell you when I understand it better myself . ’ |
| 8 | I would n't tell her that I got it from my friend , half of it , anyway . |
| 9 | I 'd like erm I 'd like it for Friday if I could could you tell her cos I want it to erm go out on Friday . |
| 10 | they were saying how spoilt children are today and how , erm I think it was Anne who was telling me and I said it , that is just ridiculous is n't it ? for a four year old to have their own video |
| 11 | ‘ I was just telling you that I reckon it was a good idea — to wait a day before going back to New York , ’ Carole repeated , smiling to herself at the other girl 's slightly abstracted expression . |
| 12 | I I th I 'm quite sure that you can go through that because you 're recognizing the patterns much more now , you 're accepting more things as , Oh yeah , you do n't need to tell me that I know it . |
| 13 | I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no |
| 14 | ‘ He said I was n't to tell anyone but I guess it 's okay seeing you 're also in the film . |
| 15 | As Holy Communion was by tradition the first food and drink of the day , the tea left a feeling of guilt for I was told never to tell anyone although I expect it was a common practice amongst lady communicants . |