Example sentences of "tell [pron] [pers pn] [verb] got " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All her friends were knocked sideways when she rang them and told them she had got spliced . |
| 2 | I told them I 've got nothin' against jeans , I 'm just used to wearin' casual and suits . |
| 3 | You told me they 'd got a set of keys . |
| 4 | Dick told me I had got it all wrong . |
| 5 | ‘ He told me he 'd got in touch again the moment he 'd heard that you 'd decided to soft pedal a bit on work and so could be open to having a boyfriend . ’ |
| 6 | Told you she 'd got her claws in , but you would n't have it . |
| 7 | ‘ I told you you 'd got to try and keep yourself looking nice for Mrs Hollidaye , ’ said Gloria . |
| 8 | And Fred said see , I told you you 'd got to tell her . |
| 9 | She told him she had got a hundred and fifty pounds , gave him a hundred , and heard him sigh a little ; such a different sigh from that sharp escape of breath of the woman in the shop . |
| 10 | I told him he 'd got it wrong . |
| 11 | We bought , we bought him a load of revision books erm from Smith 's er not for maths but for chemistry , biology , physics , ma , not maths something else , Cherry went and bought four of them and Helen had got one for French anyway , so we told him he 's got to erm get down to some serious |
| 12 | Told him I 've got a bottle of coke in |
| 13 | I had it for about two weeks before I told him I 'd got it ! |
| 14 | ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out . |
| 15 | I 'm still friends with my tutor , and she was really pleased when I told her I 'd got a job . |
| 16 | One day , when Sam found her weeping in a corner nursing a black eye , he told her she had got to stop . |
| 17 | Her husband told her she 's got nothing to fear because the things they did together were n't dangerous . |
| 18 | He told us we 'd got a yellow streak a yard wide down our backs . |
| 19 | Just as the record was going to be released , Dave came round and told us he 'd got another manager for us and it turned out to be Ralph Horton who we 'd auditioned for at The Roebuck Pub in Tottenham Court Road . |
| 20 | ‘ Someone told us she 'd got hold of the name of some MP who 's mixed up in child porn . |
| 21 | I 've got seven English players in my team including lads like Gavin Peacock and Lee Clark and I 've told them they 've got to get up there to earn recognition . ’ |
| 22 | Well they 've , they 've told me they 've got to go a , a tutor it 's another branch manager at a different branch . |
| 23 | I have been round here and I 've asked everybody and you 've told me you 've got your work sheets , now get a grip of yourself , get yourself sorted out |
| 24 | ‘ How long have the council told you you 've got to wait ? ’ |
| 25 | Eh started chatting told him you 've got a photograph of for you . |
| 26 | ‘ Kevin 's a bit in awe of Ian and I have told him he has got to become his own man , ’ said Graham . |
| 27 | Gloria had told her she 'd got to keep it for ever . |
| 28 | They tell me he 's got toothache and tummy ache from eating too many sweets . |
| 29 | ‘ Tell me I 've got it all wrong ! |
| 30 | With savage triumph Michele said , ‘ Now tell me I 've got the wrong woman . ’ |