Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] [that] i [verb] " 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 | she told them that , that 's mine , she told them that I did n't think much of this and I thought it was a rip off |
| 4 | Well somebody else told me that I mean er er the wine connoisseurs say who would drink that stuff you ca n't drink red wine . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | My running told me that I had been wasting my time all those years , but I did n't regret that too much . |
| 7 | By legs told me that I had skied more that day than in a week on previous holidays . |
| 8 | The other day I had a visit from the ‘ music man ’ who told me that I needed a licence to play music in my shop . |
| 9 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 10 | I when I went , you know when I went down , do you remember I told you that I got caught up with him ? |
| 11 | ‘ I told you that I formed the impression that Mrs Yeo was not secure in her husband 's affections , ’ Davidson said , primly . |
| 12 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 13 | I just told you that I did Madge 's house , did n't I ? |
| 14 | ‘ I told you that I did n't see or speak to anybody . ’ |
| 15 | I told you that I do business for him , ’ she said , and explained . |
| 16 | ‘ And why the hell I told you that I do n't know . |
| 17 | I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’ |
| 18 | I told him that I thought he was much too gentle in his handling of the miners and the owners , and especially the latter , and that there were a lot of things he ought to have said . |
| 19 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 20 | And because he was sad , I put my hand on his shoulder , told him that I 'd known Billy to be a good little man ; funny , brave . |
| 21 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 22 | He laughed back when I told him that I came from a poor barrio in Britain and that we were no longer referred to as people either . |
| 23 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 24 | But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things . |
| 25 | I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . |
| 26 | I told him that I had the one that was n't — but had no symptoms at all and even felt ‘ high ’ . |
| 27 | I told him that I had heard a great deal about his sister . |
| 28 | Back down here I told him that I had to get the sex business cleared up . |
| 29 | I told him that I had watched cows being milked — that was all — but I liked the look of it . |
| 30 | 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 . |