Example sentences of "told [pers pn] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they , told them they can like it or lump it and they said the miner 's strike , but she still won the election after the miner 's strike which |
| 2 | ‘ They told me they could sack me , but I do n't care , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 3 | He told me I must open your mouth . ’ |
| 4 | I said that I 'm he says er I said to her Dave here told me I should jump you ! |
| 5 | He told me I 'd lose my job if I go . ’ |
| 6 | They told me I could do it in Italian . |
| 7 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 8 | ‘ A most kind person told me you might accommodate me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He told me he would kill you . |
| 10 | ‘ Taylor told me he would have me watched in future games . |
| 11 | This is consistent with the evidence of the husband in cross-examination : ‘ [ Mr. Bunn ] told me he would need my wife to sign the charge too . ’ |
| 12 | Stopped me and told me he 'd let him go to St Francis Xavier 's . |
| 13 | So I ‘ phoned Washburn , explained the problem and was put onto one Nick who , after a quick ferret around in various boxes , told me he 'd stick one in the post . |
| 14 | She uttered something loud and incomprehensible in Dutch and told me she 'd meet me at the coffee shop later . |
| 15 | Marie told me she 'd teach me to swim one day . |
| 16 | ‘ I told you we 'd make it , ’ he said , lips close to her ear . |
| 17 | I told you he 'd see it . |
| 18 | I told you I would sponsor you . |
| 19 | Told you I could do it ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I could make your contract disappear ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Would it be enough , ’ he whispered , ‘ if I told you I will love you for all time , that my heart has found its resting place , and my soul has found its mate ? |
| 22 | I told you I 'd pay you interest . |
| 23 | C : See , told you I 'd stuff him in open debate . |
| 24 | ‘ See , I told you you 'd enjoy yourself , ’ beams Goldie , nudging Rainbow companionably with a purple-satin elbow . |
| 25 | And I told him we might want him again this afternoon . ’ |
| 26 | They told him they would do it their way . |
| 27 | Poindexter , weary , did not really want to know and had no memory of the memo at all ; he told him he would see him at the office in the morning . |
| 28 | His committee told him he could offer me two guineas for each picture . |
| 29 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 30 | ‘ I told him I would ask you . ’ |