Example sentences of "told i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I only went 'cos somebody told me they was 'andin' out food parcels . |
| 32 | This copper said the Tunnel Mob 's bin done fer a ware'ouse job in Wappin'. 'E told me they was still lookin' fer two more blokes who was involved but they do n't know who they was . ’ |
| 33 | They told me they 'd be useful . " |
| 34 | Later , my mother told me they had to lip read : they could n't hear each other speak for the noise of the looms . |
| 35 | One of the women on this Sunderland estate told me they all recognised the drive : " It 's part of becoming a member of the community instead of just a reckless teenager . |
| 36 | He told me they were ‘ Dykes ’ |
| 37 | But then the lady came back on again — you know , the one who spoke to me first — and she said ‘ Thank you very much , ’ and she told me they were going to send me a prize of — wait for it — 5 . |
| 38 | They told me they were going to take control of the ship and become pirates . |
| 39 | I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America . |
| 40 | Your friend told me they held vigils outside the Soviet embassies all over the world when I was arrested and when Sakharov went on hunger strike . |
| 41 | I duly contacted Memory Direct , who told me they could n't supply these modules , but very helpfully gave me Epson 's customer support line number . |
| 42 | My father 's my dad but they never told me they were n't married . |
| 43 | The American consul told me they still force the peasants to do corvee . |
| 44 | According to Lawrence , they drink nothing but jackdaw and pigeon blood — he also told me they were brought here by Crusaders returned from the Holy Land , which sounds about right — but I do n't buy the other : blood is blood , I reckon . |
| 45 | She told me they were both being organised by the Sicilian Mafia . |
| 46 | The doctors told me they had high hopes that in a year you 'd have made a full recovery . |
| 47 | ’ Why ’ Frejji was saying , ’ somebody told me they saw just about the nastiest bunch , come in lately . |
| 48 | He told me they were very cross and they started saying there must be a ghost in the machine . |
| 49 | Everybody told me they were very strict about the aircrew 's teeth and I did n't want some unknown prodding around in my mouth . |
| 50 | Mr Johnson told me they were a particularly fine batch of sausages today . |
| 51 | He told me they had put into Puerto Gallegos to land seven Swedish engineers with spares for Volvo and Saab equipment and had seen an old wooden square-rigger lying at the Navy Yard quay . |
| 52 | Both Mr Megrahi and Mr Fhima told me they would be happy to meet Scottish or American investigators and talk to them about the case . ’ |
| 53 | You told me they were stoln into this Wood . |
| 54 | I went downstairs and they told me they had just got married . |
| 55 | Oh yes , they were all fed properly , looked after alright , but they all , they told me they were all pedigrees but I doubt cos I do n't know whether that 's the truth , but they reckon in Poland when things were bad , when they unload them , they 'd make some excuse that one of these pigs got out and run away and course they used to catch it er , somewhere they used to catch it and that was their fee then . |
| 56 | But do n't waste it on me in any case : I would n't believe Six even if they told me they were lying . |
| 57 | ‘ Taki told me they were all sitting at a table telling jokes over dinner when suddenly there was a royal command — a spoon tinkling on a glass . |
| 58 | It is very warm and rather bulkier than the old one , though the nice girl in John Lewis told me they get thin and tired after about nine years — and mine has done twelve , so it is going to go to for our use there . |
| 59 | ‘ But you never told me they would be there ! ’ |
| 60 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |