Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] told [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was housed in the belvedere , a word that Ernest insisted meant ‘ bell tower ’ even after his sister Cecilia told him its correct meaning of ‘ beautiful view ’ or ‘ beautiful to see ’ . |
| 2 | Ken particularly liked the story Orton told him about a man he had picked up in a lavatory and asked him if he did it often . |
| 3 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 4 | A glance at her watch as she turned to the car park told her she was not doing too badly after all . |
| 5 | With great glee Odd-Knut told us that the fat Germans showered ten times every day for a week and still reeked of rotten whale . |
| 6 | And she claimed Darlington Borough Council told her to unblock the chimney herself . |
| 7 | ‘ Not so far as we know , ’ a man in a flat cap wearing a Hawks Club tie told him . |
| 8 | A club insider told us : ‘ Our lads definitely are n't on that much ! ’ |
| 9 | A few Opposition Members told us that smoking costs the national health service £437 million a year . |
| 10 | Lawyer D told her that a jointly-owned house would become the sole property of her husband after her death , and she could not in any way guarantee her share of the money invested in it for her children . |
| 11 | Steve Stepherd , assistant manager of Bar Rio in the Mardi Gras complex , said he was stunned when club doorstaff told him what had happened . |
| 12 | Urquhart knew him ; and falling into talk Paul told him of his predicament . |
| 13 | based — so the programme note told us — |
| 14 | As we drank our tea Hillary told me that the monastery — a well known landmark to anyone who has trekked in the region — is worth restoring because it is the focus of the Sherpa 's spiritual world . |
| 15 | New Zealand Cricket Board chairman McDermott told me : ‘ I have not been approached by England , but if they need help we could provide it . |
| 16 | At the very outset of his charge to the jury , the trial judge told them that the questions for them were : ‘ Firstly , have the Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the first accused assaulted and murdered the deceased … ? ’ |
| 17 | I 've known ghosts who went back to their houses or caravans or their stately homes and there was n't a trace of them left , it was all tower blocks or allotments or -one lady ghost told me — a supermarket . |
| 18 | Rosen said an Australian intelligence agent told him that the word is now out in South-East Asia that money can be made selling to investigators and journalists phoney samples of ‘ contaminated ’ articles . |
| 19 | The management rep told me he 'd even heard whispers of sympathetic action among the statistical clerks . |
| 20 | When it was time for ‘ lights out ’ , she and Jake left the room together , and out in the corridor Jake told her , ‘ Mrs Aitken usually serves supper about eight , so if you want to freshen up you have a bit of time . |
| 21 | For example , one check trader told us , ‘ The Irish are bad customers , they 're too easy-going ’ . |
| 22 | After he stabbed the girl Cook told her he was sorry and ran out of the shop . |
| 23 | The Home Secretary told me in an answer to a written question recently that he has no plans to remove young people from the penal system . |
| 24 | I recall a commitment not so long ago to reduce the number or prisoners , yet the Home Secretary told us that there was an unexpected increase of 3,000 in the prison population . |
| 25 | A leading textile and clothing employer told me last night that if we implemented the social clause it could cost thousands of jobs within his company . |
| 26 | The recruiting sergeant told them all to disembark , stretch their legs and grab another cup of char , and added that if they were lucky they might even get something to eat . |
| 27 | A STRAIGHT-talking tycoon ditched his plan for a pork pie factory when a council official told him : ‘ Call me Mister . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust told me how we could set up a clinic to register as many people as possible , ’ said Mr Griffiths . |
| 29 | Years later , his sister-in-law Theresa told me that her husband , Henry Ware Eliot , had written to some department of the British government , presumably the Home Office , requesting them to give Eliot some sort of protection at this critical moment . |
| 30 | The geezer at the recruiting office told me to fuck off . |