Example sentences of "[conj] he tell i he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 2 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |
| 3 | I could swear that he told me he did n't know ! |
| 4 | When my cousin , who was to be in the locality ( one did not ask why at that time , and it was only after we were both freed of our vows of secrecy more than thirty years later that he told me he had been at Bletchley Park itself ) suggested coming to visit me , Mrs Sugden had no doubt but that this was my ‘ gentleman friend ’ . |
| 5 | Once he told me he likes me cos I do n't ask questions . |
| 6 | But I got talking to one of them and he told me he 'd just come out of prison where he 'd done time for soliciting . |
| 7 | He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And he told me he did for Mr Bishop . |
| 9 | His habit of electioneering from a white Rolls Royce sometimes attracted comment and he told me he had a silver-tipped cane with which to tap at doors of council flats in Fulham , though I was never sure whether to believe him . |
| 10 | ‘ But Bill knew you existed , ’ she said , ‘ and he told me he did n't recognize you face to face . ’ |
| 11 | He 's an American guitarist from Washington and he told me he thinks he has your ES295 . |
| 12 | I must have been chatting to him for about 20 minutes and he told me he 'd needed an urgent lift . |
| 13 | ‘ I accused him of that , ’ I said , proud of having anticipated Ellen 's diagnosis , ‘ and he told me he 'd rather lose the election than lose his children . ’ |
| 14 | I 've talked with one of dad 's friends , and he told me he thought the stories were accurate . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I did put my arm around his shoulders at the end and he told me he did not mean anything malicious . |
| 16 | I spoke to Peter Chapple-Hyam this morning and he told me he had n't decided what to do . |
| 17 | Shocked granny Vera said last night : ‘ I was washing up cups at the time and he told me he did n't agree with what I was doing . |
| 18 | All the time , I was shouting at him saying he was telling lies , I was trying to give him signs that I did n't mean it , and he told me he saw that . ’ |
| 19 | We spoke a week ago on the telephone and he told me he was desperate . |
| 20 | He has his independence and he tells me he has never been happier in his life . |
| 21 | I love him dearly and he tells me he feels the same , and we have talked of marriage . |
| 22 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 23 | But he told me he did not take any clubs abroad with him . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah but he told me he told me he told |
| 25 | I knew he was very , very keen on football , but he tells me he 's also keen on fishing , cricket and baseball . |
| 26 | I 'm calling his home because he told me he was rarely in his office . ’ |
| 27 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 28 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 29 | He never said another word until the end when he told me he would be going out at 8 AM with the same four-ball and he would see me then . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought he was sincere when he told me he wanted to stay in France . |