Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] i tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you like that story I told you today ? |
| 2 | Some boy I told to give my work . |
| 3 | You woke me up this morning I tell you Sid . |
| 4 | By some instinct I told them … about the lost and degraded womanhood of England , the hosts of young girls slain in body and soul … met with at night in our terrible streets . |
| 5 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
| 6 | ‘ This time I told them I was available but , quite frankly , I have n't been asked , ’ he says . |
| 7 | We arranged ourselves in the seats and as we headed for Shellerton in the early dark I told her calmly , incompletely and without terrors , the gist of what had befallen us in Sam 's boatyard . |
| 8 | You ca n't escape the noise in these thin little flats , so maybe he 's lying in bed , staring in the dark , listening to the personal stereo I told him fell off a lorry last Christmas , letting reggae drown the sound of grown-ups talking . |
| 9 | That 's the way I tell them , do I tell these , that joke I told you before ? |
| 10 | ‘ It was at that place I told you about that I knew him , ’ he said to Lili . |
| 11 | and you know that shop I told you about when I seen that ? |
| 12 | And at that moment I told him to take my week 's notice . |
| 13 | Over dinner that evening I told Anne everything that had happened . |
| 14 | Mind yer , Danny , I ai n't seen nuffink o' Freddie an' 'is pals since that time last year when we was gon na do that job I told yer about . |
| 15 | Not her national monument I told her , and she should n't come poking her nose in where it was n't wanted . |
| 16 | Someone enquired as to the price of the SB305 whilst I was playing it ; to their great surprise I told them £395 , but I 'm sure I could have put a ‘ 1 ’ in front of that figure and it would n't have raised an eyebrow . |
| 17 | Just one side I tell you what , let's take you , do n't do that , or you 'll break it off , let's take you and you can have a look at this one . |
| 18 | had a van , but the spare room I told Danny that he 's got to get off in a |
| 19 | Then one night I told her . |
| 20 | She was the one person I told . |
| 21 | ‘ It is n't usually the first thing I tell people about myself , although the old dollies do have their ways of claiming my attention . ’ |
| 22 | Holly here 's the only living soul I told . |
| 23 | At one stage I told him ( the brother ) that lots of single daughters dropped dead looking after their mother . |
| 24 | Remember that thing I told you about the bones the other night ? |
| 25 | There would be a few instances where a client may come back a year later and say erm , or not nearly six months later , that thing I told you was not in fact now going to be on . |
| 26 | And also you said , you were going , you were taking the piss out of me about that thing I told you about something to do with Aaron erm |
| 27 | In view of our darkened ship I told No.1 to slow down and take any avoiding action while I remained at the radar , not wishing to lose our target . |
| 28 | He is a talented lad who shows great respect for his elders and will play in any position I tell him to . |
| 29 | It is Sir Thomas Throgmorton , after the Grand Dickensian Banquet I told you about . ’ |
| 30 | In my earlier reply I told the House what action the United Kingdom Government have taken , in concert with our partners in the European Community and other civilised countries , to condemn utterly the conduct of the Burmese Government and to call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi . |