Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [adv] [that] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me later that he had only been a guard for fifteen months , also that the normal takings on this section of the line were approximately £10 , so he was only too pleased to work out a 26% discount for a group booking that realised BR £77.35 from our party . |
| 2 | In fact , I remember when I first introduced him to my father and before he 'd said a word , I said , ‘ This is my father ’ who told me afterwards that he had n't realized that it was a boy because I mean … long hair — his hair was really long . |
| 3 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 4 | He told me once that he had worked as a farm hand for six shillings a day for thirty years , yet still managed to save enough to buy his own little place . |
| 5 | ‘ Years later , ’ recalled Sherrin , ‘ he told me ruefully that he envied David Hemmings , then still a boy soprano , who played the child lead . |
| 6 | ‘ I told you before that he 's throwing your plans overboard one by one . |
| 7 | Very soon the landlord appeared , and told her shortly that he possessed neither car nor pony-and-trap . |
| 8 | Carl and his mother went to see a performance of Les Miserables in London , and he told her afterwards that he wanted to play the part of Gavroche , the young Parisian urchin . |
| 9 | He hesitated , and then told her frankly that he was interested from a financial point of view . |