Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] i [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They let me have one last look and told me that it belonged to someone in another band — which made me feel really guilty . |
| 2 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 3 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 4 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 5 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 6 | Spoke my name and told me that I was about to be released . |
| 7 | It was after this debacle that a number of Conservatives came and told me that I ought to consider coming forward as a leader of the Party and a potential Prime Minister . |
| 8 | Fagin drove into the cul de sac where I live , and told me that he had a permit for conducting his alleged legal trade . |
| 9 | His wife answered and told me that he was out on a call but she 'd give him my message . |
| 10 | He had already been involved in taking prisoners to the mountains and told me that he would now have to think of a way to get Eric there too . |
| 11 | He mentioned to me several cases that were outstanding and told me that he and other contractors are stopping doing work involving a Housing Executive grant because they have to wait anything up to three months to wait for payment after the work has been done . |
| 12 | A friend of mine who is a car trader rang me and told me that he had found the car I was looking for . |
| 13 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 14 | She calmed down , and told me that she had a sudden impression , walking across the little valley , of women and children in great danger ; nothing else , but a terrible feeling that women and children were about to be harmed . |
| 15 | I asked the dragon-lady if anyone had come in who was n't an owner or a groom , and she bridled like a thin turkey and told me that she had conscientiously checked every visitor against her list of bona fide owners , and only they had been admitted . |
| 16 | Like many of the other female physics students , she rejected it and told me that she had no intention of continuing with physics afterwards . |
| 17 | His wife Betty was n't taken by the cake at all ; she wrote and told me that she did n't find the flavour to her taste . |
| 18 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 19 | She instantly strode across the shop and took a book from among thousands and assured me that it contained all I would ever need to know about cooking for ever . |
| 20 | One afternoon the Governor summoned me to Government House and informed me that he had instructions to institute proceedings against Aung San for an alleged murder in the early days of the Japanese invasion of Burma , and instructed me to prepare the case to justify this to the country . |
| 21 | This amiable young man greeted me enthusiastically and informed me that he would be driving me himself , in his motor car which he had brought from Finland . |
| 22 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 23 | It should have read : ‘ I hereby confirm that prior to the execution of this document I fully explained the contents and effect thereof to [ blank space ] who seemed to me , and informed me that she perfectly understood the same . ’ |
| 24 | We were due at Chauk , an old field town , next day and Captain Tizzard advised me to take Rachel to the hospital there , but warned me that he could not delay his sailing for more than a few hours . |