Example sentences of "[vb base] told [pron] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | They 've told me that they treat all forms of cancer and that there is hope . |
2 | You 've told me that you spent your adolescence in isolation , actually codifying every little bodily habit and cognitive loop — ’ |
3 | well then , let's stick with contingency fund shall we ? you 've told us that you wish to have a contingency fund among others at |
4 | I 've told you that it gives me a terrific edge in any sale where Kemp 's a bidder . |
5 | No less than three supporters , all before opening time , have told me that they know for certain that a League chairman has been watching me in recent weeks . |
6 | Numbers of young women have told me that they look upon life in quite a different light now that they learn that nature has not been so cruel to them , as to give them but the choice of a married life , in which probably all the highest aims of life must be sacrificed , and the wife reduced to the level of a breeding animal , or a life of celibacy . |
7 | Cllr Murphy told The Scotsman : ‘ Councillors have told me that they have been put under pressure when short-leeting . ’ |
8 | ‘ Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden . |
9 | I have told him that I agree that the way in which the region originally proposed to use car ownership raises some questions that have not yet been answered . |
10 | ‘ Police have told us that they do not think it was a deliberate attack on our house because I am deputy leader . ’ |
11 | Obviously I want to avoid that , which is why I said that those people or their advisers or friends should get in touch with the building societies , which have told us that they want to avoid repossession wherever possible . |
12 | ‘ Our customers have told us that they want to spend more on foods , ’ said unit manager , Helen Blaydes . |
13 | I have told you that I monitor communications ? ’ |