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 . |