Example sentences of "i tell [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must do the watering carefully , I told myself each day — not make a mess . |
| 2 | I told her that story . |
| 3 | I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay . |
| 4 | ‘ But Mother went scarlet when the boss 's wife told me what a nice suit I was wearing , and I told her that Mother had spent nearly all night making it . ’ |
| 5 | Connie get in touch with me again , I told her that . |
| 6 | I told her that . |
| 7 | I told her that . |
| 8 | So I told her that , and she says , oh fair enough then . |
| 9 | Erm , the the other things is a little while ago she was erm , er , er you know , giving me bills like for about five or six pounds once for cleaning materials , and I queried this , because it 's quite a lot of money and erm , so she tells me that she buys expensive erm bleach and she uses a bottle of that a week , well she only comes in three times , and I said well , that 's very extravagant I said and told her what , but since I told her that . |
| 10 | Well she just asked about a bed so I told her that |
| 11 | I told her all the justifications and apologies had to go . |
| 12 | I told her all that I had read of him . |
| 13 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 14 | Yeah er I told her all about it so she did some for me right ? |
| 15 | Why do you think I told her those stories , the other night , about demons getting their comeuppances ? |
| 16 | So , I told her more than I should have done . ’ |
| 17 | I told her some Cliff Top stuff , about my sort of overprotective mother and my absent father . |
| 18 | ( Elizabeth said that she was not quite sure whether she ought to be pleased when I told her this ; but I am sure she was pleased . ) |
| 19 | I told her this , and then wrote it down on the assessment sheet . |
| 20 | When I told her this afternoon that I was gon na be away till maybe tomorrow morning I do n't know what I expected . |
| 21 | Yeah well I told her this morning . |
| 22 | Said oh I thought oh Becky would laugh if I told her this . |
| 23 | A thousand times , I told her half an hour ago . |
| 24 | I told them all the positive things , of the love I had seen , of Nancy , of Tom , Dick and Harry and of my various forms of visualization . |
| 25 | I told them all I knew except the one thing the great cardinal wanted . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 27 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 28 | Every one of them I told them all about peep hole |
| 29 | I told them all you 're forty seven |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself . |