Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] tell [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said it , I said it 's good news and she rushed off , he comes out tomorrow if er I said , I said I shouted as your friend ran off , I shouted tell her it 's good news ! |
| 2 | I tried to tell myself I loved her and when that did no good I tried telling myself I hated her . |
| 3 | I tried telling her she was wrong , which was silly really , because no-one ought to decide such things for anyone else … ’ |
| 4 | I er I tried to tell him He he tried to point out to me , he says , That er the average earnings you see of district inspectors you see ? |
| 5 | I tried to tell myself it did n't matter . |
| 6 | I tried to tell myself it was purely physical and you were just an object of desire , but I knew it was more than that . ’ |
| 7 | I tried to tell myself I loved her and when that did no good I tried telling myself I hated her . |
| 8 | After a while I stopped telling myself I was n't going to be sick , and — resigned to the fact that I was going to have to throw up at some point — kept telling myself instead that I 'd manage to hold it in until I was back in the flat , and so do it in private , rather than into the gutter in front of people . |
| 9 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 10 | I 'd told them I had immigration problems and that they 'd stopped my benefit . |
| 11 | Because I 'd told her it was funny this doctor never even touched her before he sent her in there . |
| 12 | I 'd told her I 'd been away filming in Scotland that night . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd told her I was doing contract construction work in the Middle East . |
| 14 | I 'd told her I worked for the Post and she said she 'd already told Rain all about it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You did n't believe me when I said I had n't distracted Simon and you would n't have believed me if I 'd told you it was your child I might be carrying , ’ she replied , her voice shaking a little despite all her efforts to project a calm image . |
| 16 | ‘ If I 'd told you it was dinner you would have made an excuse . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd told you I was twenty-two , ’ Fabia popped in quietly . |
| 18 | ‘ I came to tell you I 'd quite like us to leave before too long — just in case you were planning a lengthy swim . ’ |
| 19 | " I 'm sorry , " I replied , " I forgot to tell you I 'm boxing against the Eton Mission tonight and am giving tea in my room to the boy I 'm boxing . " |
| 20 | ‘ I kept telling myself it would be all right . |
| 21 | These two coppers takes me ter the office an' the geezer who I whacked told 'em it was me what done it . |
| 22 | I did tell him it was |
| 23 | Well I did tell you it 'd make you cough . |
| 24 | I did n't as , I did tell you you should n't of bought me anything ! |
| 25 | I said tell her I can always put the the s bit of a square over it |
| 26 | I did at first when I lost my son but I had to tell myself it was an accident , ’ she said . |
| 27 | I did when I lost my son but I had to tell myself it was an accident ’ Louise Davies |
| 28 | I had to tell her I was in Heckmondwike or Herstmonceaux , in case the mole-woman got in first . |
| 29 | And he added : ‘ I thanked my team for trying hard after the game , but I had to tell them they were outplayed by a better team . |
| 30 | I says , I had to tell them they were three and one year old . |