Example sentences of "[noun] tell [pers pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the survivors told me that her mother " never worked " , but it later emerged that she did go out to clean offices . |
| 2 | Richard told me that his interpretation of Prince Hal caused some trouble with the director who was himself playing Falstaff and consequently wanted no serious note to disturb the comedy of the tavern scenes . |
| 3 | ‘ Richard told me that in battle a lot of unpopular officers are killed by their own men . ’ |
| 4 | She said Mr Mandela told them that he had written a document setting out his views on negotiations , the prospect of which President de Klerk has been promoting since well before the National Party returned to power in the 6 September elections . |
| 5 | At this meeting the ministers asserted that their form of Church government was established by divine ordinance ; Taylor in reply told them that Presbyterians , along with Jesuits , ‘ were the greatest enemies to monarchy and most disobedient to Kings ’ , as shown by the actions of the Assembly of Scotland , and of Calvin , Knox and Buchanan . |
| 6 | Bernice told him that she and her friend , the Doctor , had crash-landed on the planet . |
| 7 | Sydel told him that when Jeopardy argued with Amber , it was never about love , but always about the Vibrancy . |
| 8 | Ferguson explained : ‘ Lawrie told me that under a new regulation Ince must join the squad anyway . |
| 9 | Several Veterans ' of the Winter of discontent' told me that it was mainly the younger students who got together with their teachers to protest . |
| 10 | The brothers told me that they owned a remote and beautiful beach which had recently been colonised by hippies living in crevices among the rocks . |
| 11 | Mr Singh told me that one of his brothers-in-law had told them it was a school for mentally handicapped . |
| 12 | Curtains obscured his view , but the shape of the covers told him that the bed was occupied . |
| 13 | Ken told him that after a performance of Call My Bluff a woman approached him and asked , ‘ Any chance of a fuck ? ’ |
| 14 | David told her that he had been thinking of working hard to get Amaranth Wilikins selected as the Conservative candidate for Arden in place of Sir Ralph . |
| 15 | The doctor in the Accident and Emergency Department told them that Sally had been very lucky ; sniffing aerosols can kill at the first attempt , and some people 's hearts are affected . |
| 16 | Hurrying out with his little band through the inner and outer baileys , at the gatehouse their guards told them that they had heard rather than seen the Regent 's force riding between castle and town some time before . |
| 17 | Her logical mind told her that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her physically , and yet scarcely a day passed when she did not feel unwell or suffer some unidentified pain . |
| 18 | All she was capable of doing was gazing at him , hardly aware of her own nakedness , while her eyes and her mind told her that , far from having to pay for women 's favours , if Rune Christensen had been so inclined he could have made a fortune as a gigolo . |
| 19 | Whereas the priests told him that he must die and would go either to heaven or to hell , the singers of songs told him that , though he must die , his name need not and that it was up to him whether he left behind a good or an evil reputation . |
| 20 | In 1966 , soon after the book appeared , my agent told me that someone wanted to make a film out of it . |
| 21 | Rosen said an Australian intelligence agent told him that the word is now out in South-East Asia that money can be made selling to investigators and journalists phoney samples of ‘ contaminated ’ articles . |
| 22 | ‘ We do know that someone in Bucharest told them that the monastery at Putna was an absolute must . |
| 23 | ( Ahmet told me that the next one was lovelier still ) . |
| 24 | In his last message the monster told me that he was going north . |
| 25 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's one of the reasons why we changed our name — a fan told us that our music is something to feel good about . ’ |
| 27 | The head was away and that was dreadful because he was one of the few people that knew what was going on because the community adviser told him that home/school links was an area that we should think about ; that is the school . |
| 28 | ‘ Our legal adviser told us that using such a route could even lead to the club being closed down if their investigations opened up a real can of worms . |
| 29 | It was the first time that score had been played in Cape Town , and John Wright told me that the players in rehearsal threw down their instruments in despair . |
| 30 | She stopped and bit her lip , then , seeing Sophie 's colour rising , she added , ‘ Edward told me that he had seen you and Robert kissing out on the balcony . ’ |