Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [that] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joel is n't a Catholic , as you know , but he 's told me that he believes there 's a Providence not so far away from us , really just above our heads if we could see it , that wants things to be the way they 're eventually going . |
| 2 | My own specimen is in tropical conditions but I have seen young specimens for sale in a tank along with Sterlet and medium-sized Orandas and a retailer I know has told me that he has a customer with an extremely large ( 12″ ) Asiaticus kept in totally cold water with common Goldfish . |
| 3 | ‘ Others have told me that it shows an old woman sitting looking out on a stormy sea from a tranquil cottage garden . |
| 4 | That must be an expanded one although , although the case would have told you that He seems a pleasant wee fella that . |
| 5 | The customer has told you that he wants £3000 for the car — the actual value at 57,000 miles is half that . |
| 6 | I 've told you that it gives me a terrific edge in any sale where Kemp 's a bidder . |
| 7 | I could have told him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Academy Club drinking school run by Oofy Prosser and Stephen Hargrave , in recognition of his services to literature . |
| 8 | She 's told him that she 's got this other man . |
| 9 | Erm his sleeping she 's told him that she 's got this other man |
| 10 | The storyteller has already told us that he has been watching the road , his heart trembling with fear for the precious ark . |