Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They promised her that the reign of terror would be over before the year was out . |
| 2 | They told me that no one had ever been hurt like this ; but was n't it only a question of time ? |
| 3 | Later they told me that the examination had shown that I was not yet sixteen and that I was to be sent back on the next flight . ’ |
| 4 | They told me that the girl 's father had been as coy as any nineteenth-century English maiden . |
| 5 | ‘ That is what they told me that the letter said . ’ |
| 6 | " They told me that the trousers would need to be stolen from me to qualify . |
| 7 | They told me that the people they want for education are the people who are sentenced for about six months , not the ones who are only there for one month . |
| 8 | Then they told me that the police had found the murderer . |
| 9 | Because they told me that the assessment will be made by the Child Support Agency who would then pass it over to the Income Support Agency who would then take them off Income Support . |
| 10 | ‘ I have to find the money myself and they told me that the wackier the ideas , the better the response so I am hoping that my ideas come off . ’ |
| 11 | He said : ‘ They told me that the worst case scenario was that his brain would swell and he would have to have an operation . |
| 12 | And they took counsel and made a letter for the leader of the army of the Almoravides , wherein they told him that the Cid had made a treaty with the King of Aragon , whereby the King bound himself to help him against them ; and they bade him beware how he came towards Valencia , unless he chose to do battle with eight thousand Christian horsemen , covered with iron , and the best warriors in the world . |
| 13 | They told him that the horse 's previous leader — an old man — had died suddenly . |
| 14 | They told us that the Serbs were dangerous . ’ |
| 15 | They advised him that the Spanish government had evidence of Italian and German intervention and urged him to supervise the non-intervention agreement more effectively . |