Example sentences of "told [pron] [pron] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told them it was a murder and all they wanted to know was my name … |
| 2 | I told them you were a general in disguise but they said that all the generals were back in London sound asleep in their beds . ’ |
| 3 | I was chatting to the team doctor and secretary and I told them I was a Leeds United supporter , and I kept up with the Leeds news via the computer network ( spread the word ; - ) ) . |
| 4 | If I told them he was a quiet , shy , unassuming minor civil servant who read a lot of books , they 'd have the weirdo squad from Social Services round straight away . |
| 5 | They knew without being told that this was the chief telegraphist , whose word was law on starboard watch ; knew it without seeing the three brass buttons on either sleeve cuff which pronounced his rank or the lightning-flashed wings on his right arm that told them he was the telegraphist they sought . |
| 6 | Mr Johnson told me they were a particularly fine batch of sausages today . |
| 7 | I thought you told me they were a bunch of political , fix-it lawyers ? |
| 8 | She told me it 's a boy … ’ |
| 9 | you told me it 's the chimney |
| 10 | Anyway , I asked 'im what 'e done in the war an' 'e told me it was no concern o' mine . |
| 11 | The Hawick policeman told me it was a very serious accident in which Moira , Rachel , Fiona and Alastair had all been involved : they had been taken to different hospitals but he did not know the extent of their injuries or any other details . |
| 12 | They told me it was a fake . |
| 13 | You told me it was a special spirit . |
| 14 | Peter told me it was a show I should n't miss . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I protested to police at Tennent Street this morning , but they told me it was a divisional reployment . |
| 16 | ‘ Givenchy told me it was the most beautiful coat he ever saw . |
| 17 | The number plate told me it was the same one I 'd followed earlier . |
| 18 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 19 | Do you know the reason , the reason Maud phoned to told me it was the most hateful place |
| 20 | ‘ When Chris Nicholl re-signed me for Southampton last March for £600,000 , he told me I was a big part of his plans . |
| 21 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 22 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 23 | She told me I was the only person she could trust , though I often saw her around with other people , misplaced people , I suppose . |
| 24 | It was she who told me you 're a writer . ’ |
| 25 | You told me you 're an orphan — that seems to be the truth . |
| 26 | ‘ Ouch ! ’ he said shakily , ‘ And Quincx told me you were a likeable young woman ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ My friend Lady Jane told me you were a sort of Watson to — ’ She stopped abruptly as she saw the look of outrage on Auguste 's face . |
| 28 | ‘ Yesterday you told me you were a successful businesswoman , ’ he murmured , with mock seriousness . |
| 29 | ‘ He told me you were the kind of man who might be able to catch up with Vecchi . |
| 30 | ‘ He also told me you were an actress , ’ he stated . |