Example sentences of "tell [pron] that i had " in BNC.

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1 On one occasion , when playing to a group of Durham University students , I told them that I had been personally responsible for Nelson Mandela 's release , and a tuxedo-clad toff suggested I should n't have bothered .
2 I suddenly told them that I had to push , the urge was absolutely OVERPOWERING , quite unbelievable .
3 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 .
4 My running told me that I had been wasting my time all those years , but I did n't regret that too much .
5 By legs told me that I had skied more that day than in a week on previous holidays .
6 But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things .
7 I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster .
8 I told him that I had the one that was n't — but had no symptoms at all and even felt ‘ high ’ .
9 I told him that I had heard a great deal about his sister .
10 Back down here I told him that I had to get the sex business cleared up .
11 I told him that I had watched cows being milked — that was all — but I liked the look of it .
12 I told him that I had another shop in Westmead which has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and the RSPCA and that this one will be run in the same way .
13 I told her that I had been involved in one of the IRA attacks when I had been blown up in the Brighton Bomb , and that I had friends and colleagues who had been badly hurt or killed .
14 I told her that I had had a sort of a breakdown , and that I was appalled by what I had done .
15 She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me .
16 I told her that I had finished constructing the new kite , and that she could help me test it in the wind .
17 I told her that I had you at work then yesterday , right , she says oh no another one , right , and ended up
18 I told myself that I had to face up to things ; John might have forgotten me , he might have been changed beyond recognition by his experiences ; he would not want me to mope .
19 I told myself that I had up to two hundred and no more .
20 Three hours earlier a lilting voice had told me that I had a nice big cock .
21 I had told him that I had met Fairfax .
22 I had told him that I had a brother and sister and that my mother was a widow .
23 Something of the casual innocence of the picture may be lost when I tell you that I had to hunt this particular combination of light for two days before obtaining the shot I wanted !
24 She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’
25 " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once .
26 Why did n't I tell him that I had an absolutely unbreakable date ?
27 I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location .
28 He started knocking me about and telling me that I had to bring in this or that amount of money .
29 I had to stop myself telling her that I had another party to go to on Christmas evening — just so I could stay home after everyone had left and stuff my face with leftovers .
30 It was no good telling him that I had seen five prolapsed uteri in pigs in my limited experience and had failed in every case .
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