Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One family gave me a day off every month , told me I had to be back before nine in the evening and checked my bag when I left to see if I had n't robbed anything . |
| 2 | From what he told me I know for a fact the IRA did n't use Mick during their bombing campaign in England at the beginning of the war . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ People in football will understand — Lennie Lawrence told me I needed to be superhuman to perform in that atmosphere . |
| 4 | ‘ I told you I went to the pictures , ’ said Patricia into her corn-flakes . |
| 5 | But then again , if , even Kay over there with she said something about er , oh we 've been out , but , I told you I went to a last Monday . |
| 6 | ‘ And would you believe me , young man , if I told you I descended from the Emperor Carlo Quinto ? ’ |
| 7 | I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven . |
| 8 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 9 | I told him I worked on the Menai Suspension Bridge . |
| 10 | I told her I suffered from headaches . |
| 11 | ‘ … while I was in your gallery and had just told you I knew about the Durances . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ At the moment Helen is cooking enormous meals for me , but I 've told her I insist on looking after myself once I start working . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd told her I worked for the Post and she said she 'd already told Rain all about it . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , I 'm going to ring them up in a moment and tell them I object to some of the advertisements , particularly for drugs that they 're advertising . |
| 15 | ‘ My nieces also tell me I live in the Mughal age , ’ he replied . |
| 16 | Oh I 've not thought about , I tell you I looked in British Home Stores they had these |
| 17 | ‘ Everything all right outside ? ’ he asks , and I tell him I checked before coming in . |
| 18 | Yeah , but tell him I went to Hoebury in the afternoon . |
| 19 | Lucker tells me I slept with a smile on my face . |
| 20 | Well I can tell you I went to Cambridge er on er the twenty eighth of December nineteen thirty one . |
| 21 | and did I tell you I bumped into Jean when I went down |